"...our testimony as Christians is what we are proving of Christ himself in our daily walk."
In ninth grade I went on a family trip to Cabo San Lucas for spring break. The place was beautiful, beautiful beaches, beautiful hills, beautiful ocean. My fam and I went exploring to check out a coast infested with fish on a glass bottom boat. If you haven't been on one of these boats picture a constantly flowing aquarium underneath your flip flops, framed in by a rustic looking wood-crafted outboard motorboat. It was an experience visually stimulating enough I was reminded of it when I read my devotion today. This was one of the pictures in my head as I was thinking about life with Christ.
Life with Christ brings new challenges, discoveries, and fresh evidence of what only God can meticulously do. I believe God wants us to journey, experience, persevere, overcome, grow, and become (this is not an exhaustive list of what I believe the Lord wants for us, there is more).
Issues are anchors, holding us back, don't hold on to anger, let it go and see what happens.
Last night was a crazy night, the boys and I hit up a road trip to Louisiana. The night started well, and progressively went downhill. Waking up this morning I was in a sour mood, thinking about the night, how it was played out. When so many things didn't pan out the way they were intended, and all happening in an unusual place even a bitterness towards the location can be entertained (yes, I was ticked off at the state of Louisiana!), until I rolled up to Krispy Kreme this morning. I had a pleasant conversation with a middle-aged african american woman in the donut shop and I was reminded that where God is there are good things, and God is all around me, I just needed to look for Him.
Use time wisely, who knows what's coming on the path?
When it comes to me, don't want to be held up by my own issues and miss what opportunities may come. I imagine the ground that I walk on, and what it looks like as I'm going by. It's got some beauty, it's moving, and I believe I'm going somewhere.
