I’ve Really Been Thinking…..
I don’t usually reprint anything from Picture My Thoughts, but tonight’s devotional is the exception. Here goes:
It’s happening again.
Each of us travels a singular path apart from everyone else. Our life experiences in their entirety are known completely only by us—-and God. The journey that He maps for us is a personal one, filled with specific directions and unexpected detours.
About a month ago, I was speaking to someone about my life and the need for change. I mentioned that I was seeing some situations more clearly, as though I had put on sunglasses that had removed the glare from my mental view.
Just last weekend, I attended a women’s conference. The speaker made a remark similar to, “Put on your glasses and don’t waste another minute of your life…” Those words probably rested quietly on the ears of the other women attending that day, but for me, they were trumpeted out with great fanfare. What was God wanting me to see?
You may feel that these two incidents were unrelated or perhaps only coincidental. This evening, I saw a book on the shelf that I had purchased several years ago. I was hoping for just a few moments of light reading—nothing too heavy or thought provoking. I opened the book randomly to page 59. The author had three bulleted points on the page. They were:
*What are we waiting for?
*Why are we rushing around the same course we’ve been following for years, getting nowhere fast?
*What’s our final destination?
The fanfare was beginning again. As I turned the page, four more bullets continued:
*Am I really content to live the rest of my life the way things are right now?
*What do I want out of life?
*What is expected of me?
*What is my purpose for living?
( from “Everything Worth Knowing I Learned Growing Up in Florida” by Dr. Jay Strack)
Coincidence? I don’t think so.
God is asking me some questions. Now, I must search my heart for the answers. I have a path to travel, and it is God that I must follow.
***************************from Picture My Thoughts, February 7th, 2009
SO, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU ALL THINK! I DON’T WANT TO WASTE MY LIFE, BEING PASSIVE AND RUNNING IN CIRCLES, NOT ACCOMPLISHING WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO. PLEASE COMMENT!!!
