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Hey Ladies! You know how every so often you get blessed and want to pass it on?
This is one of those times. I read an email the other day that I had to share with you all. I asked for permission to share it here and Clevsea was gracious as always and granted it. If you are blessed by this like I was you can go to her blog and leave her a comment. I will not add a thing to her writing, I even used her title. Here it is....
This just popped out of me yesterday and perhaps it will help someone here:
Today I was walking alongside a beautiful creek which is swollen with winter rains.
I paused at the edge and was taken by how clearly I could see the bottom with all of its rocks and sand.
I strained my eyes to see up stream and could not really see much at all. What struck me is that the clarity of the water was only effective for the area right there in front of me. Right where I was.
The clarity was not possible 50 feet away. In fact there was no other clarity than what was right in front of me due to the reflection of light on the current of the water.
As I looked at all the other water passing there was only one part of it I could see. That was the surface. How ironic that life is like that. We often only see the surface of things and cannot not perceive the deeper parts.
The deep parts are there---it's us that can't see ---unless we pause and truly look.
I also noticed that the creek had a bend up ahead and I could not see around that. The Lord can, I cannot. I can only see what I need to see, what I need to know.
As I continued to walk I came to other parts of the creek that were clear and all the details were revealed when I again paused and looked.
As I crossed over the creek I thought about how I was once smaller than one droplet of water. That is all the bigger I was at one point.
What does a droplet know? Does it know much about the rest of the creek? Does it perceive that it's on its way to the ocean? Has it heard of the ocean? Why would I ask a droplet about the ocean? I would not and neither would you.
When we have questions and we are seeking direction we often turn to our fellow droplets and ask them for wisdom. That may or may not be helpful. But if a droplet were able to access all the oceans, and all the other droplets of the world and gain valuable information then it would be a fool to check with only one droplet.
That is what we do when we rely on others. Why do we do that when have the all knowing God would created all?
He sees through all the water of the creek. The reflection of light doesn't obscure His vision. He sees upstream and downstream. And that's important too.
As I moved along the creek today I tried to look back at where I first was able to see the rocky creek bed. I could not. I would have had to go back there to see there.
Not so with the Lord. He sees all, the past, the present and the future. We can't even perceive our own past with true accuracy, we have to rely on a fallible memory to do that.
Let's rely on God who is infallible, who knows all about our path along the creek.
Clevsea
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Isn't that great? Remember to go to Clevsea's blog and tell her how much you liked it. She did mention to me that she hasn't been on there for a long time. But, that's o.k. by me. We read books that have been written years ago right? All that matters is the content. Trust me, if Clevsea wrote it, it is good wholesome content. Enjoy.
