Unknown route without GPS

Uncertainty, unknown path

Isn’t it true that sometimes we find ourselves in circumstances that seem to have no way out? We are dragged down the dark path of divorce, financial crisis, the death of a child, etc. Indeed, it’s a dark and scary road to travel. And there is no map that guides us in that dense darkness.

Broken shoes, feeble feet.

On that lonely journey, our feet are the only companions, but they are very feeble. How long will they last until total collapse? There is a moment when you stop and reflect. You find yourself totally lost, with no sense of direction. Precisely, that is the moment when you think about the eternal.

You’ve heard the Bible stories, amazing rescues, and wonder-filled miracles. Then you realize that you only have a mental knowledge of Jesus. The governor principle of the kingdom is relation.

When you realize that eternity is in your heart. And you learned, as the children of Israel learned to feed on the lamb to stay safe on their journey to the promised land. Today the lamb is the Bible, the Word of God. And the way you can eat it is by reading it and digesting it.

Joy comes in the morning!

When you come to this awareness, you see clearly that you do not need any map. Now you see that God is your home! And no matter how dark the journey is, there is joy.

“… weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” (Psalms 30:5 MEV).

By feeding on the Word of God you learned that time is not measured by what you are going through, but by where you are going.

This is my Story! What’s Your?

Thank You for My Reuel!

The Lord is my Shepherd, I will have no lack of anything!

“When they came to Reuel their father, he said, “Why is it you have come back so soon today?”” Exodus 2:18

Father, thank you for the Reuel that you have preserved for me. I flee from Pharaoh, but I am not forsaken. A persistent knowledge of your faithfulness fills the smallest crevices of my soul and strengthens me.

“But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭56‬:‭3‬ ‭NLT‬‬

I am not afraid! In my escapes I see small helps like the sick to pray, which at the same time are the path that leads me to Reuel. I will not be stranded, in my wilderness I can magnify Your name! As I do so, Your mercy transports me to a safe harbor.

Thanks for Reuel. In his domain there is sufficient provision available for me, for such a time as this. Thank you Omnipresent Father!

This is my Story! What’s Yours?

Nothing Moves Him!

The Lord is forming something in me, greater than my pain.

In the gym my body exercises, but my soul has a haven of tranquility. Therefore, I meditate and reflect on the Word of God.

“Surely goodness and mercy shall followme all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” (Psalms 23:6 ).

While I was walking on the treadmill, I thought, “so this situation in ODP, it is your will, it is your goodness”. And right there verse 5 came to my mind. “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my distressers…” That verse was like an infusion of faith that flooded my soul. Hallelujah! And I began to rebuke the devourer. I felt like a giant on the top of the mountain!

This is my grandson feeling on the top of the mountain!

Now I understand yesterday’s angst. It was just one of those object lessons for this Divine illumination. Yesterday I thought that my agony didn’t matter to You because You know what You were forming in me. And I was aware of it, but that knowledge was no comfort to me. And I was sure that getting angry wasn’t going to change or diminish what You were creating inside of me.

“Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭100‬:‭3‬ ‭NIV‬‬

I know, Lord, that you are instilling Psalm 23 in me so that I can teach it. Since my childhood I have known and experienced it to some extent. Now in my old age, I am experiencing it firsthand. I am getting to know myself as your little sheep and my anger represents the broken leg of the sheep that the Shepherd broke. It feels like the anger a child feels at the doctor’s injection.

You are healing my paw, as only You can. Both yesterday and today I glimpse Your determination, You are immovable. You are not moved by pain, disbelief or my incomprehension, You move forward without hesitation. You can do it because You are the Potter, I am the clay! Before the foundation of the world You chose me and put resilience in the depths of my being. Therefore, You know the final result!

And all is well with my soul!

This is my Story! What is yours?