I wanted to move forward, and it’s time to recalculate my route, I mused. A new year is here again, and the sun has risen from the east. And I am made alive to see the beauty of time by the grace of God.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!That year, I eagerly waited for the end to end as I had qualified for a new job, and that would be jumping my way from working in the private sector to a large public sector undertaking institution. I thank the Lord for changing my route.
Another year, as the new year began, I thanked God and prayed, as usual, for the way. That year, I ended up resigning from my job. It is good for a man to work, I always knew it. We are valued by how much money we’re worth and also by how much our knowledge can buy.
Yet another year has come when doctors had to dissect my broken brain for the hope of a better future. I’m slightly reeling under it even now. But very hopeful, good days are ahead. I count my blessings; it’s unfathomable. That’s how good the Lord is!
Ways to move forward:
Now, I wanted to move forward, especially for the Kingdom of God; I can’t simply move forward on my own anymore.
Then I realized the good Lord has been gracious to me, that I have experienced the pain and the gaiety of life. I praise the Lord God for everything. How I wish I had learned all the lessons of life, but I haven’t.
Now, it’s time I embrace the detour in my journey of life.
Sometimes I’m hopeful; sometimes I’m not.
Yet I wanted to be hopeful through and through. I pray the Lord to show me the ways.
Show me your ways:
Dear Lord, show me your ways
I must recalculate the route and my path
bring me back to you
to move forward
I sat hopefully, but with the feeling of melancholy, reminiscing about my past, where I am at least physically fit to start anew. Also, those times when I relentlessly work through the day, hoping to build a better future for my family and me.
In Psalms 25, David lifts his soul to God in total surrender, expressing his faith that those who trust in God and fear Him, and wait for Him, will find guidance, forgiveness, and ultimate vindication, even when troubles abound. I somehow liken myself to his situation of life at the time he might have writes this psalms.
Guidance for the way:
No one can say how much time we have here on earth, but we all want to do more. I have shared this today in our church that what we have done might be too little for the eternal world.
Although there seems to be no hope, I find my line with that of David’s in his Psalms.
Show me your ways, Lord,
teach me your paths.
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
For you are God, my Savior,
And my hope is in you all day long.
Psalms 25:4-5
Show me the way:
Since the time I got detoured, it has taken a toll on my spiritual and mental life, too. Suffering sometimes draws me away from God; yet sometimes it makes me seek more of him.
My way of life and my situation aren’t enough for God, and to my immediate family and the people with whom I am surrounded. At times, I felt like a wrecked ship.
Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
According to your love, remember me,
for you, Lord, are good. v.6-7
‘Show me the way,’ I whispered many times to God. But I’m afraid I might not have taken, or not seen, the way he showed me. For I believe that as long as I live, God has a purpose in me.
I’m just a lost ship in the vast ocean,
Restore to me the joy of salvation
Please be the anchor of my life again
Lord, show me your way!
