“I can run to the end of the road,” I think, challenging myself. But each stride delivers a nagging throb in my calf screaming “stop!” “I can’t; need to keep going; push on”, I convince myself. Throughout the day, its aching presence reminds why I don’t like to run, but also how I push too …
“Put one foot in front of the other and soon you’ll be walking ‘cross the floor.” Remember the song lyrics in the stop motion animated Christmas classic Santa Claus is Coming to Town? Every goal is achieved by putting one foot in front of the other either literally or figuratively. Yet these small steps and …
Suddenly I was whirling; things and people were jumping out at me with every turn. “Focus on the horizon”, I silently thought amid incessant gyrations. Clutching the safety bar, I desperately wanted off this ride. These feelings rushed back last week when I found myself on yet another roller coaster: one of emotions. Smack dab in the midst of both rides, …
Sometimes, I don’t feel like following His footprints. In my heart and mind I want to follow, but occasionally I feel tired, overwhelmed or impatient. My motivation for following fails. Then a small whisper reminds me- following is about faith and obedience, not feelings. Teaching children recently about how Jesus hung out on Earth after …
No one aspires to be in a hallway. “Have a great time in the hallway!” is not a common sentiment. But life happens in the hallways of life-on the way to where we are headed. Events may occur in these hallways changing our plans for better or worse. But many meaningful moments transpire in the …