I always find myself looking at the different shapes and sizes of footprints left by passersby when I walk on the beach.
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In areas away from the water, it looks like the morning after a beach party.
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Nearer the surf, all evidence of their passing disappears within minutes.
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I think about who might be walking together.
Where were they in their journey when they left these tracks?
Had they just started out?
Or were they almost home?
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Were they just out for a stroll? Or was this serious exercise?
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Did they talk? If so, what about?
Or did they just walk along in companionable silence?
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| If they were barefooted, weren’t they cold? |
On the way back, I try to tell which footprints are mine.
And with the birth of a new year, personal questions come to mind.
- Where did I walk in 2014?
- What did I do?
- Who did I serve?
- Did God direct my steps
- Or was it just my doing?
- Where does He want to take me in 2015?
- What should I carry into 2015?
- What will I leave behind?
- Who will accompany me?
- Who will I leave to His plans for them?
- Does God have any specific goals for me?
Not my plans.
Not my critics’ suggestions.
Not even my encouragers’ ideas—because we’re all limited in our understanding.
I want to know what His plans are.
Where does the God of the Universe want to take me this year?
What will we do together?
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, Eph. 5:15
Of one thing I’m certain, wherever He takes me,
I want to be the bearer of
His Good News.
I want to be the bearer of
His Good News.
That very thought brings me comfort, courage and the growing conviction that
if I will Stop, Look and Listen,
He will lead me.
if I will Stop, Look and Listen,
He will lead me.
What about you?
Where are you going in this new year?
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news,
Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things,
Who proclaims salvation, Who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Isaiah 52:7
Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things,
Who proclaims salvation, Who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Isaiah 52:7
Reflections from Dorothy’s Ridge 2015. All rights reserved
This post gives me lots to think about. Nicely done!
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