word for the day: path
start.
this journey... you never quite know where it will take you. sometimes it seems like the line for a ride at an amusement park that winds back and forth and at times seems like you are walking away from the final destination.
enjoy the journey they say. enjoy the process.
i don't always enjoy it to be honest.
i look at the goal ahead and that seems worthwhile. knowing Him. being with Him. found faithful. counted among the righteous.
but the getting there? i am not so thrilled about this back and forth road that just get tough.
who really likes standing in line for the ride? if it weren't for the hope of the ride to come, no one would put up with the line.
i walk and walk and walk. sometimes i run. sometimes i fall and all i can muster strength to do is crawl. but forward i must move because i have my eye on a prize and i will not give up.
my dad told me there are no quitters in our family.
i will not quit at this one. i have come too far to have anywhere to really go back to. i think of peter looking around at the crowds that once followed Jesus all going back home because of offense.
where would he go? he had already given up so much. so to press ahead on the narrow path - the sometimes confusing journey because he had to believe - i have to believe - it would all be worth it in the end.
stop.
want to join in? it is easy. (i have to say i went about 30 seconds over on this one... sometimes you get on a roll right? i am often surprised at what comes out through my fingers when they write against a clock.)
5 minute friday rules:
1. write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.
2.link back here and invite others to join in.
3. please visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them.
as always, i love to hear from you in the comments!
charis
