Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
and therefore I have hope:
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness ~Lamentations 3:21-23
Is the risk worth the reward?
Sometimes you just know in your gut what the answer is and yet you struggle with having the courage to act on that answer. That was my life for a long while. It's a miserable place to be..... trying to decide between what is safe or known and what could be. Trying to really decifer what is God's will and what is your own. God's will does not usually come in a nice, neat little package. But God's will happens whether we are on board or not.
The thing is, being on board with God can be hard work! The journey is not a straight and narrow path. It is a rough terrain - full of highs and lows with rocks to climb and streams to cross. But the places to which He leads are the ones which take your breath away!
I've been on this long road of rough terrain for quite some time now and I'm coming off a short rest period. I think God knew I was exhausted and let me just be still for awhile. Lately however, He's been reminding me that my journey is not over. He has picked me up, dusted me off and taken me around a corner to one of the most breathtaking views I have ever seen. Had I known this awe-inspiring turn was just around the corner, I might not have grown so weary! But God knew and He knew the right time for me to see it. He knew what I needed to keep going and He has provided the hope I have been pursuing. His compassion is never-ending but His wisdom surpasses our understanding. Just when we think we know the direction we are going, He turns us around to see a better way.
Paula Rinehart summed it up for me in my devotional this morning:
If your life worked out the way you think you want -- or if you could just pretend that doesn't matter -- it would all be easier. You might cruise into the sunset. But honestly, you'd miss out on a real journey with God. And you'd walk right past wonderful.
What if I had walked past wonderful? The journey would never have been the same. I am now seeing things I never imagined possible, dreaming things I never knew I could dream and realizing potential I never knew existed. That is hope..... and I forgot what hope felt like. Great is Thy Faithfulness.
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Great is Thy faithfulness!Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
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