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Following the path

 

I had a busy day ahead so scrambled out of bed extra early and into my exercise clothes. Before I was barely awake I was walking to the nearby park enjoying the quiet of the early morning. The park is a beautiful place and displays God’s artistry with a wild abundance of trees and wildlife within a carefully manicured lawn, a stream and several small lakes. There were only a handful of people walking at that hour of the day, mostly with dogs.

I spontaneously worshipped as I walked through that peaceful, spiritual place. I felt God near. Gazing ahead at the winding pathway, I could not see around the corner but felt a delicious sense of expectation even though I already knew what was ahead. I have walked that path many times.

How often do we look ahead in life and wonder what is around the corner, yet filled with the expectation that God has gone ahead of us and we can be assured of his presence as we continue our walk. The path may take us to green pastures where we can lie down and rest, it may be beside quiet waters where we will find restoration, it may be through a dark valley but we need never fear because he is always with us (Psalm 23:2-4). As we follow God, he will guide us and show his faithfulness. A new year is almost upon us and I am waiting with that same delicious sense of expectation for God to reveal himself in the next part of the path I am walking.

Happy adventures all.

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