The Messy Life...On the path

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I love Sunday mornings. My house is quiet, so in the stillness, I have time to think. Today, I asked myself, what should I share about my faith journey? What about my life’s messy path should I reveal? Being faithful to God doesn’t mean I give up my free will. It doesn’t mean I am a puppet waiting for the puppet master to awaken me and manipulate my strings. No. Obedience and trust in God means I realize there is something more to me. The characteristics of scripture and other followers point to ways of leading my life. Ways that accede any potential I would think possible. I maintain that life is messy. Yet there is so much beauty, joy, and goodness to behold. Even in my deepest agony, when I walk with God, I can find comfort and peace. This week, I have been tired. I get on the scale only to be disappointed. There is no snow, so the landscape looks desolate. I’m at a crossroads, mulling over my next chapter. Life’s weight sometimes weighs you down. This week has been a week. My puppy, Molly was in dog manners classes. Molly is 8 months old, Goldendoodle. This week was not a stellar week for her. She had an accident on the mat. She could not focus, watching all the other dogs, and not her handler (my husband). Now and then she would look at me. I had to laugh. She wanted to be a puppy, socialize and play. Life is like that, sometimes we don’t want to be at work. Sometimes we don’t want to listen to our “handler.” Sometimes we have accidents. Yet, in all those moments, I watched her, and I loved her and she made me laugh. A much-needed laugh. My husband went birdseed shopping, and we got a new feeder. This reminded me of how much I love watching birds in the winter. Finches start to color when spring is coming, and summer is near. Ah, the point of this rambling is this: God watches us. God walks with us, and when we are tired, frustrated, lonely, and down God grants us moments to laugh, and moments of focus. How do I know they are moments from God? Because I choose to see through the lens of faith on the path… 

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