Our learning doesn't always come easy does it? I am not a very quick learner when it comes to Life. I fail tests, I too often stumble back to try & erase what I've already done, I look at others lives & compare, I am quick to answer which usually means its incorrect since I didn't take the time to stop & think, I talk out of turn instead of pausing to listen, when something Big stops me in my tracks I internalize it, twist it, turn it, dwell on it til it consumes my mind, my being.
Too many times in my life I look at my problems as Boulders. God gave me this insight the other day as I spent time with Him:
When a problem or trial sets up house in my path and I walk up to it, I see it looming, dark, impossible to go over, to big to see around. I start to despair, I begin to doubt and wonder how I will ever get around it to continue on my path. I don't want to turn around and go back the way I came; I just came that way and I know my answer doesn't lie there. I stand squished between the Way I just came & this Boulder in front of me. I am upset, discouraged, frustrated, scared, doubtful.
But God lifted my chin & showed me that there is another way to look, look UP. Reach UP. How His Hand is already there, just waiting for me to ask, to reach. He showed me that when I continued to look up at Him and to not fear the height of the boulder in front, He would equip me with all the climbing materials I would need & We would scale the height of this one Together. He doesn't do it for me, but He whispers encouraging words and reminds me of His promises as I climb. When I become frozen in fear or discouragement from looking down or around me, He patiently waits for me to look to Him again and again He guides my footsteps, so I won't dash my foot on a rock or slip and fall.
When I focus on these Boulders that sometimes fall in my path I don't remember what He has already equipped me with, I don't see the millions of blessings in my life. But when I focus on Him He takes the selfish blinders off my eyes and helps me to see all that He has given, all that He is and He holds my hand and promises to never let go.
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3 comments:
good thoughts Karen! how often we see the boulders and can't see around it unless we look up.
Good reminders; it's kind of funny (or maybe sad is a better word) how it's so hard to look UP (oftentimes until we're desperate)when all the time He's there waiting for us to ask him to walk beside us. Isn't it awesome to know he cares about us so much that he wants to share all our moments; the good, bad, scary, doubts, etc and that he's willing to shoulder the hardest times and will willingly work them out (for our best) in his time.
So stinkin' true. Those boulders get me far to often. Great thoughts.
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