Last training run done💙🙌🏃🏻♀️ Now for Sunday🙏
As I started on the trail this morning, after I procrastinated for almost an hour, I noticed the fog on the trail ahead of me (second pic). This view made me think of the unknowns we meet in life.
As I ran into the fog I didn’t focus on what I couldn’t see ahead but on what I could see in front of me.
This was a reminder to me that God doesn’t wanting us looking too far ahead, but to be where our feet are and take one step at a time, including into the unknowns. Yes, we need to make our plans, yet may we allow God to direct our steps.*
As I came back from the run I turned around to see the trail from where I started and the fog had lifted (third pic). I could see more clearly the path now.
And so it is with life.
We often step into the foggy unknowns hesitantly as we are looking too far ahead. Yet if we take one step of faith at a time, we can move to and through the unknown. And when we look back, we often find that the fog is lifted, and we are able to see from the other side with greater clarity and perspective the path and what it took for us to get us through it.
I share this with you today in case you are facing a foggy unknown ahead, like I am with Sunday on the horizon. I invite you to join me to…
pause. breathe. pray.
May we take one step of faith forward at a time, even when we don’t see the “finish line.” May God’s Word be a light to our path and the meditation of our minds to help us through. And when we get to the other side, may we take a moment to look back and see what we’ve learned and how we’ve grown in the process. May we give thanks to God for helping us through and in time use what we’ve learned so that we can come beside others who walk parallel paths.
With love and hope,
Shawn
“your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” - Psalm 119:105