This
is what you say, O Lord: “Stop. Just
stand at the crossroads and look around.
What do you see? Give me your
full and undivided attention. Ask me
what I’m up to and I will show you. Ask
me where the good way is and I will tell you.
It is the path I have created for you to walk upon. And when you do, you will find rest for your
souls.”
But sadly, we say, “We will not walk in it.” We refuse to stop. We refuse to stand. We refuse to look. We refuse to ask. And we refuse to walk in your way. Somehow, we have come to believe that our way is better. And, thus, we miss out on the beauty and the life and the rest that you have prepared for us. Is there a greater temptation in all of life than the temptation to try and do it on our own?
O Lord, my God, help me not to jump to walk before I’ve stopped and stood and looked and asked. For only then will I experience the soul rest I so deeply need and desire.
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