It’s your measurement
And you know it better
With every step of yours
You’re heading somewhere
Be faithful all the way long
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There’ll be an end to it
All your sorrow and grief
You’re being trained for glory
On this earth or beyond
That, no one knows along.
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Your route is different
All our routes are long
It’ll wind up to a point
When the time is right
We’re sojourner all along.
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Marching forward by faith
One hope we’re called for
The days passing by and by
Dark sky looming over us
Yet a light shone at the end
Our walkways to go all along.
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Always keep your faith handy
You’ll need it all the way long
Always keep your dream alive
It’ll give you strength all along
The end at times nigh and far
Yet moving forward all along.
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As I was strolling in the Autumn cool breeze, I saw the crowded walkway just like another evening. We did not have a lane dedicated to cycling. My own children and their friends cycled past me on the tiny walkway encircling our neighbourhood.
The need for me to mobilize myself than before arises towards healthy living. It seems funny yet interesting to work out on a limited basis. If I may get too tired, let me not put it as too tired, a little bit stressed, my body takes responsibility to react to it.
By the way, that’s the privilege of having a chronic body. I need to take good care of the minor changes in my daily life as oppose to the fit and healthy body in my younger days which simply would roll anywhere in the woods and hard surface. It’s different now!
I need to go a long way to get healthy – shedding the unwanted fats inside my body. With every step, I’m heading somewhere as I kept my SOS pill ready in my pocket.
Different Routes:
Our routes are different. There’s no written formula or strategy for life. But one is certain – the blood of Jesus Christ shed on the cross assure our entry into heaven for glorification.
The long way here is our preparation for glorification. There were things we can acquire on this earth – fame, money, wealth but they do not guarantee happiness. Yet they sure make our lives a bit easier.
If you think you’re on the suffering route even after all your attempt to lead a good life, kindly remember we’re not here to stay forever. But by saying that we do not want to terminate our journey taking things into our hands. We don’t want to fall into the trap of losing glorification in our afterlife.
We’re a sojourner here. We’re strangers. Many times, we cannot make claims even though certain things rightly belongs to us. This was better experienced by people who do live far away from home.
having Dreams
When I’m young I too have a dream – a dream of becoming an intellectual with a reputable position in society. However, things take a different turn. Not everything falls in its place.
Yet I do not consider myself a loser, it’s just that my plan did not work well for me. There were things to learn on the other route which might well benefit. Although I get upset with myself, I always strive to move forward. I do not want to have what is not mine. I take full responsibility for my actions and decisions.
I believe the less successful and more successful people are held by the unseen hand of God. It’s just that some people saw it while others don’t bother about it. Still, the Lord takes care of the faithful although they are not always perfect.
Faith
For I know my citizenship is in heaven by the grace of God. I believe in God and the work of His salvation. I did not want to be as wise as the Morning Star, Lucifer, to belittle the power and authority of my Creator.
Faith, yes faith I needed more ample time on my long way to overcoming certain dark periods of time. God is here with us – always close to the brokenhearted.
Some nights are hard to pass by while some nights are like a blink of an eye. When you sit up on your bed asking the grace of God asking for a new day. For, sometimes you have this inner fear which is looming in the dark.
There will be an end to our sorrow and suffering when the time is right. Till then I consider myself safe in the Rock of Ages which is cleft for me.
