Life is a bit of mystery.
Life with Jesus…
Can be even more so.
Accepting the invitation to FAITH…
Practicing trust in the unseen…
Can feel a bit like a maze.
At first glance…
Intrigue and adventure beckon….
The mystery of what lies ahead stirs curiosity and life.
The journey welcomes us with…
Hope lined paths…
As we surge forward in expectation.
Rich joys are interchanged among travel companions…
Chapters intermix with others sojourning.
History is written with every turn.
Life overflows with mystery.
Constant change presents
Unforeseen obstacles…
Directional shifts…
Learning…
Gains and losses…
New opportunities and withered dreams…
Successes and fumblings…
New clarities and confusion.
Just when comfortability motions to set in…
Unexpected re-navigation steers unto the new and untraveled.
Peace must be made with what no longer is…
To make room for the bounty that has not yet fully come into view…
We must never forget…
The trails tell a story…
And every good story includes beauty and ashes.
We must fight against the spirit of offense when we cannot see or understand…
Gratitude in the great unknown keeps the soil permeable to growth.
Realizing the grandness of our paths reminds us of our scale…
Whispering to ours souls…
We were not designed to navigate on our own.
We must have a guide.
Mazes speak volumes regarding life.
How we enter is not how we finish…
Getting turned around and losing your footing can be frequent…
Constant guidance from The Designer of the path is crucial…
Patience, perseverance and grace are essential…
We must constantly remind our feeling hearts…
Our view is limited and it doesn’t have to all make sense.
It doesn’t have to all make sense!!!
In our day to day moments…
We do not fully see…
But soul rest comes from knowing…
Before we took our first step…
The Designer of our stories…
Intimately mapped out the entire narrative.
God sees from a holy, wholly, and higher perspective.
He loves us perfectly…
He paid everything for the better than we could ask think or imagine.
If you are reading this…
I am blessed to be in the maze with you.
It is a humbling adventure…
One that reminds me of my need to be uncompromisingly dependent on Jesus…
And honestly…
It looks quite clumsy.
To quote one of my favorite teachers…
“You can either have your dignity or you can walk by faith.”
Maybe David was on to something when he said…
“I’ll become even more undignified than this…?”
May dignity alway fall short when compared with child-like trust.
May we always remember…
We don’t have to have all the answers…
Because this is just one checkpoint of the story.
All that is asked of us is to trust…
Listen to His voice…
And stay on the path.
May God grant courage today as you remember in the middle of whatever your trail may look like…
It doesn’t have to all make sense.
-Kelly
Proverbs 3:5 (TPT): Trust in the Lord completely, And do not rely on your own opinions. With all your heart rely on him to guide you, And he will lead you in every decision you make.
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