"The heavens will declare the beauty of the Lord" Psalm 19
Recently, we spent the day with good friends of ours out at REI watching our son's climb the climbing wall and shopping for hiking boots in preparation for their trip out to Yosemite National Park next summer. As I watched them try on boot after boot trying to find the right pair for their trip I was reminded how this life we live in is like a journey and we need to have the right equipment to complete this journey.
I was also reminded how we have a God of second chances who could have completely given up on the human race, but He chose to make all things new again. God knows this life as we live it is going to be hard and difficult. He knows where there is sin there will be dysfunction, addictions, and mental illnesses. He knows there will be split second decisions that change the course of one's future. He understands all that which is why He reminds us that no matter what happens to us in this life He wants to be your journey Master to help guide to you the way you should go.
Sometimes it is easy to allow grief to completely overwhelm you and at times it will feel like you are alone in your misery, but you can be assured that just as you feel overwhelmed with feelings that are out of control His son, Jesus, is sitting there with you shedding His own tears of sorrow for the passing of your loved one.
He wants to remind you that while your loved one is in the very presence of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and living a new life in a new heavenly body with no earthly illnesses He is there to be your journey Master to guide you through the fiery maze of grief and bring you out stronger and give you a more powerful testimony to point people to the cross of Salvation.
He wants to remind you that while your loved one is in the very presence of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and living a new life in a new heavenly body with no earthly illnesses He is there to be your journey Master to guide you through the fiery maze of grief and bring you out stronger and give you a more powerful testimony to point people to the cross of Salvation.
Are you prepared for the journey? Like our good friends who found the hiking boots they were looking for have you called upon Jesus who wants and desires to be your journey Master? He will be more than glad to guide your life once you invite Him to join you.
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