As I sit here at the local coffee shop I cant help, but wander where I will be in a years time from now. Life is weird that way. I wish I could know or see into the future and what it holds, but I guess that's what makes our time here on earth so exciting, is
not knowing what is next. Life is like an adventure; you cannot predict what is next or waiting for you around the corner. Just like the waves of the sea, they come and go. Life has its challenges. You cant always see the waves coming, but you know that they will. Proverbs 16:9 says,
Man makes plans, but God directs his footsteps.
I have goals and dreams, but God is the one who will ultimately direct my foot steps. (that is my hope).
As the waves of life come towards me, I want to remain secure on the rock of faith. I want to be still and stand tall in the knowledge that God is for me and not against me. I see God as an island I can go too, for rest. As the tides come into the shore, my soul rests in the sea line because; my faith is sure while I am on the shore. I can rest my head on the sand and be at peace in my fathers comforting, arms. I like to think of God as not only my creator, but my rescuer. I know life will not always be a piece of cake, but with God on my side he can pick up the broken pieces, he who is standing, watching and walking beside me, against the heavy tides of this life. He is the one I can run too and rest upon for peace when the storms and the waters rise up too high for me to bear. He calms the storms around me and speaks a gentle whisper of love that brings stregnth into my soul.
I have experienced some heavy tides in my life and I am sure many have, but because God has always been faithful to me in the midst of the storms I now know, he will continue to be in the future.. We all have a past and some have a past they NEVER want to re-live again (me), but sometimes I look back on my past and feel gratitude only because I would not be the person I am today; if not for it. Would I go back and experience some of the battles that I have experienced before absolutely, NOT, but I know I have grown because of the hard times. I am not who I once was. I know what it is like to be broken and I wish that upon no one.
That is why faith is so important to me because it is the only reason that I am alive to write this, right now. I was rescued, loved and cherished when I thought there was no way out and for that, I can promise you who ever is reading this right now- God is a loving, healing father and beyond real.