There is an old chinese proverb that says "if a man thinks he leading, but turns to find that no one is following.....than he is only taking a walk." Where are you with that? As Christ followers should he not turn to find us following along close behind. Should our tracks not mimic his, should we not be as a child searching out the footprint that he left before us and attempt to walk in that very step? I had to laugh today. As I was walking from the farm house down to the horse barn....to my right was a single horse in a fenced area....to my left were two goats. As I began to walk by them, they scurried over to the fence and begin to follow me the whole way down to the barn. And then I began to wonder, why were they so motivated to follow me? I could sense their anticipation. The horse even began to trot in circles when he reached the end of his fence. The goats made all their naying noises that they could make. Why such anticipation.... It was because they knew who their keepers where, they knew that when they saw a person that they were going to be fed, that they were getting ready to receive life nourishment from their master.
Where did we miss this along the way. Most days are filled with one of those very moments that God invites us to follow him, on most days we miss it.....we have filled our to do list so full, our schedules so tight...that even following God gets lost in the shuffle. I blog not for your benefit....but for my benefit...because just like you I could very easily go through the day and have totally missed where God wanted me to go, what he wanted me to see. But my committing to this daily entry.....I focus daily on the blessings God wants me to recognize. How many times today has God tried to show you something...something so profound but yet so simple, that you didn't even take the time to notice..it's time to wake up, because I don't want Him to turn around on the day that He calls me home and find that I hadn't even been following. He isn't just taking a walk in my life....He is my life.
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Again, like all you blogs, I say "WOW"! What do I miss? I start to cry when I think about that, but, is that really the response I need to have? Maybe, but I really think I need to be on my face asking for yet again forgiveness. I'm sorry I missed "it", or didn't follow you because I thought I knew better or just that I could "do it on my own".
The "anticipation of Christmas morning" children experience is what I should be living with every day. The "anticipation of Christ moments" should fill my mind & heart from morning til night. With that said, my mindset is anxiously (& nervously) waiting for whatever comes my way today! Thanks for the reminder, Tammy. I love you!
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