forever and a day...

with the ups and downs [and falling downs] of life, i found myself stuck in a pit for the past nine months, three weeks, and one day. at a time when i felt that so many things we on the up and up, i fell down. hard. not just physically stumbling over a crazy rubber floor mat and injuring my ankle. rather, all my dreams and aspirations crumbled when i tumbled that day. i was going forward. moving ahead. then STOPPED. abruptly. without warning. no notions of halting. just a dead stop.

it was easy to dwell on the fleshly ideas that it was God's fault. like HE put that mat in my path for me to trip over, like a sick joke or something. for Him to laugh on the sidelines as i attempted to recover. all while attempting to console myself with bitterness dripping from my pointing finger of blame at the Almighty One who spared me from greater disaster. when my wounded heart surrendered to the process of God's work in my through circumstances, things became more clear.

although i was going forward and moving ahead, i realize now that i was not running the race marked out for me that which Christ has called me heavenward. it took the sudden STOP in my life to readjust my priorities and hear, once again, the calling of my Savior. i had begun moving at a pace that was not in sync with Him.

so, now i'm back. reading. writing. blogging. ...and walking!

its good to see the blessings on the horizon as i continue to step forward. one step at a time.
...and hopefully without a gimpy strut.