I love to stand on shore and view the current. The manner in which the water brushes my feet. The way the sand sinks beneath me. The rhythm of the waves approaching and receding. Its sounds. Its smells. As I stand, I am bewildered. All around me is precise. Orderly. Reliable. Of course, like its designer.
Where I reside there are established guidelines, procedures and decrees. However, they exist to be disregarded. The result is disorder, chaos, and turmoil. My reactions have varied since my exposure to such disarray. At first, I asked for wisdom, for understanding. Then I begged for deliverance. My days were filled with pleas and petitions for rescue. Until the Lord’s spoke saying: “My grace is sufficient for you”;
So, I stopped asking. This is the Lord’s will. Since then I’ve lived a constant struggle. Should I continue to follow the Lord’s path or should I indulge in my desires, and walk in a different direction? It has taken submission, repentance, and dying to self to continue; Philippians 1:21; Romans 6:11-14. I admit that a lot of days, I’ve failed. What leaves me speechless is how faithful He continues to be. Sometimes I see him in people. In smiles of reassurance. In acts of kindness. In words of encouragement. Oh, How He loves me!! So as I stand on the shore and view the current, I think of its designer. Orderly, Reliable, precise. And I am amazed!!!
Copyright 04/2011
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