Sometimes on this journey
there are moments we can feel like we got lost.
The path that once seemed so clear
all but disappears.
My stomach turns and I get a sinking feeling,
like the one of a young child
who has inadvertently strayed from her parents
in the wilderness
and for a moment feels alone
and overwhelmed
and uncertain of how to proceed
or find her way back.
At times, the path appears overgrown
or abandoned,
and leaves us questioning
if we took a wrong turn somewhere.
And we have to cry out to God
for direction, for help.
And just like path-markers,
He will send us something.
A Word.
A sign.
Often- a person. One of His people-
that will encourage us on,
and affirm that we are 𝓃ℴ𝓉 lost.
We are 𝓃ℴ𝓉 off-track.
This 𝒾𝓈 the path He sent us on.
Even if the road conditions are not the best at the moment.
——
Jesus never said the journey was going to be always easy.
He never said the going wouldn’t get hard.
In fact, He warned us that the opposite was true, so that when it happened we wouldn’t feel lost or abandoned. We’d 𝓀𝓃ℴ𝓌 it was just part of this earthly life. (The pain part. And thankfully not the ℴ𝓃𝓁𝓎 part. We get the joy of pleasure on this journey too.)
John 16:31-33 MSG
“Jesus answered them:
‘Do you finally believe?
In fact, you’re about to make a run for it—
saving your own skins and abandoning me.
But I’m not abandoned.
The Father is with me.
I’ve told you all this so that trusting me,
you will be unshakable and assured,
deeply at peace.
In this godless world
you will continue to experience difficulties.
But take heart!
I’ve conquered the world.’”
——
If you’re feeling lost today,
close your eyes.
Listen for your Father’s voice.
Cry out for Him
and ask Him to show Himself to you.
Then watch.
He will.
Open the Word and wait for Him to highlight something and make it stand to you.
Open your eyes and watch for how He may want to use objects speak to you.
There are so many ways.
(I will share more about that soon.)
Be present in your interactions and attentive to how God may want to use someone to speak to you.
Be open to conversation.
And even though you may have your own stuff going on, engage in counsel to others who may come to you for help
because often in encouraging others you will find your own spirit lifted and encouraged too. 🦋
Be assured,
that even if life IS hard,
even if losses ARE real,
even if emotions DO overwhelm us-
nothing
nothing
nothing
can separate us from the love and presence of our Heavenly Father, God,
and our Heavenly Husband, Jesus.
———
We can call on Him, 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈.
He IS the Way.
And though the path may still feel uncertain
or overgrown
or treacherous,
He will always lift us up. 🩵
Psalms 121:1-2 MSG
“I look up to the mountains;
does my strength come from mountains?
No, my strength comes from God,
who made heaven, 👼
and earth, 🌎
and mountains.” 🏔️
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