Gleanings From The Word
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Breaking Trail
We've had about two feet of fresh snow fall this past week. It has made
walking Genni quite the challenge.
You see, Genni is a border collie-basset cross. Picture if you can, a
fully-grown black and white border collie, on basset length legs with big
basset paws. The snow is up past the middle of her chest and over her head in
the drifts. I even had to shovel a circuit for her to go outside in the back
yard so that she could get around without disappearing from sight.
When we go for our walks, wading through snow that deep tires her quite
quickly. She lasts longer if I go first and break trail for her to walk in.
In two feet of snow, breaking trail isn't too hard, although it gets a
little tiring after a while. I can remember at least one occasion years ago
having to break trail for the sled dogs where the snow was up to my chest. We
didn't have far to go through the deep stuff to get back onto a regular
trail, but it was hard work. I think that's what the two feet must seem like
to her.
In our daily lives, we often try and break trail. We go places God
doesn't want us to do. We wander in paths that He hasn't laid out for us.
Sometimes we are going where He wants us to go, but we're stubborn and want
to do it on our own so we walk alongside of the path He's already laid down
for us.
It's no wonder we get tired and life can be a heavy burden. We persist
in making it extra hard for ourselves.
It was laid out in prophecy that John the Baptizer would come and lay
the groundwork for God. In doing so, He helped lay the path for us as well.
A voice of one calling: "In the desert prepare
the way for the LORD; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our
God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the
rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. And the glory
of the LORD will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the
mouth of the LORD has spoken."
Isaiah 40:3-5 NIV
In the same way Jesus came and laid the path for us.
You have made known to me the path of life; you
will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your
right hand. Psalm 16:11 NIV
You broaden the path beneath me, so that my
ankles do not turn.
Psalm 18:36 NIV
For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth
come knowledge and understanding. He holds victory in store for the
upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, for he guards the
course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones. Then you will
understand what is right and just and fair--every good path.
Proverbs 2:6-9 NIV
The right path isn't always easy. Any route has its own share of
struggles and obstacles. We can chose which path we will take.
The path of life leads upward for the wise to
keep him from going down to the grave.
Proverbs 15:24 NIV
Until next time, may you choose the path of Jesus and follow closely in
His footsteps. If you've stayed from the path and find yourself up to your
neck in stuff, turn around and get back on the trail He's already laid for
you.
Be blessed.
Hallelu Yah (Praise God)!
Kevin
YOU ARE
Once you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you are on
the winning side.
When you were dead in your sins and in
the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ.
He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its
regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it
away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and
authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by
the cross. Colossians 2:13-15 NIV
Never let the enemy tell you that you are worthless or insignificant.
You have value in the eyes of God so great that it was worth dying for. You
are a blessing to the world.
Does your life feel like you're going nowhere? Does it fell like every
step of the way you have to break the trail? Get right with God and get on
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