I happened to look out my back
window this morning only to find my mini dachshund staring back at me. No, he hadn’t
grown 4 feet to peer in through the window – he simply jumped on top of the
picnic table to get a better view of things.
I walked away sipping my coffee
and thinking how very smart Willy (my dog) is. From his view at ground level,
(his little legs are only about 3 inches long), the top of that table must seem
impossible to reach. But, he was determined. I love how he didn’t see the bench
in between as a hindrance, but as a stepping stone to get to the top. Very
clever J
I could probably learn a lot
from Willy - looking at all the things in my life that hinder and impede
progress as stepping stones or necessary rungs of the ladder.
But sometimes, the distance
between those stepping stones is too great. When I’m standing on one, the next
is too far out of reach and the answers stop coming. The path becomes unclear
and discouragement settles in deep.
The bright sky turns to cloudy
gray and a cruel wind blows in disappointment, negative thoughts and fear which
clutter the air waves and block out the Lord’s voice. How hard He has to work
to get through my thick head sometimes.
It’s so easy to default to
despair and discouragement.
To fall down instead of up into
the saving arms of Christ.
Yet His voice does not fall
silent and His words do not cease simply because of my frame of mind. What I
feel and what dictates my mood has no bearing on what the Lord has planned. His
agenda will still play out. I will struggle and I will triumph. I
will laugh with my whole heart and I will cry with my whole
being. We all threaten to wave the white flag at some point in our lives, yet
we’re given precious moments of rest to savor and through it all, He reigns.
Regardless.
He reigns!
Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the
wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was
in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. He humbled you,
causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor
your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not
live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. (Deut. 8:2-3)
Why is it so easy to hear the accuser's voice so loudly while we struggle to hear our Savior's? Beautifully said my dear. And, oh that Mr. Willy is so smart! :)
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