Each morning I wake up and wonder what new road I will take today. Will I have the courage and the strength to take the road that God has set before me? I often find myself trying to take detours and “short cuts”. In my heart I know that this is not the road that I was supposed to take. In my head I think if I do it this way I can do it in my own power. How wrong I am all of the time. Yet I find myself trying to take the path that I choose. I find that I cannot walk these paths. I struggle up steep hills and through thorns and get caught in storms. My legs give out, my hands bleed from the thorns, and my will is broken. God picks me up and carries me the rest of the way. After the long journey Christ puts me back on the path, the path that I abandoned so long ago. Every road that I have taken in this life has led me straight to him. Every detour and shortcut has shown his love for me. I can do nothing without him!
May Christ shine his love and grace down upon all of you and may you see the path that he has set ahead of you. Trust in Christ for the strength and courage to take the path he has set in front of you. Even if you are on a detour now know that he is with you and that he is calling you back to him and the path he has made. Trust in him to carry you; do not trust in your own strength, like me, you can do nothing without him.
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