People Are Not Easy to Love (no. 5)

No scripture to start today. I have tossed around a few scriptures today BUT nothing is moving me right now. Sometimes there is stillness. And that can be a problem. Sometimes we can feel like stillness is absence. I used to have that struggle when I was younger. Sometimes I felt like God was silent. BUT maybe He was just waiting on me.

It is really easy to follow God when He is present. I can think back to the exodus from Egypt and remember how quickly they complained when God was not taking care of every little problem along the journey. And sometimes I can get like that. I can rely too much on feeling like God is there over knowing that He is there.

I have a running experience of His action in my life. I have a constant relationship of Him taking care of things in His own time. And a lot of the time it’s not grand or theatrical or spectacular BUT it works. ANd sometimes I don’t feel His presence as strongly. BUT that does not mean He isn’t there. I do know that, as Paul wrote,“So we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:6-7 CSB). Faith is an action. Faith is my walk even when I cannot see Him right there. Faith is my walk even when I do not know the destination. Faith is action. Hope is my confidence.

So, I guess what I am saying today is that not every day has to be the same as all the others for me to continue walking. I don’t need a spectacular movement every day. I don’t need signs and wonders every day. I don’t need to feel something every day. I just need to keep walking. I need to remember to walk as He commands, “deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me” (Luke 9:23 CSB).

Grace and Shalom to your home.

I love you. I forgive you. Have a blessed and abundant day!

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