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Bear Creek Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Discovering the path.
What happened to this tree? Maybe its a genetic issue. Maybe it was wounded. What ever the cause, something messed up this tree that gave rise to all these branches heading in every direction.
This might be a good picture of your life. You might feel that your life is headed in many directions and you struggle to answer the question why this is so. You desire to prune away the unnecessary branches and discover God's path for your life, but you're not sure you can.
Most all of us have doubts about the direction of life (at least I do).
"You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore." Psalm 16:11 English Standard Version
Notice that King David did not say "the path FOR my life," but "OF life." We worry to much about what specific direction of life we ought to travel that we don't experience the life that we already have.
Take a moment an concentrate on your breathing...I'll wait. What did you experience?
The breath OF life for your life is God's Spirit, the Spirit that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has breathed on his church.
By this Spirit God directs your life today. Though his Spirit God makes know the path of life.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
What happened to this tree? Maybe its a genetic issue. Maybe it was wounded. What ever the cause, something messed up this tree that gave rise to all these branches heading in every direction.
This might be a good picture of your life. You might feel that your life is headed in many directions and you struggle to answer the question why this is so. You desire to prune away the unnecessary branches and discover God's path for your life, but you're not sure you can.
Most all of us have doubts about the direction of life (at least I do).
"You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore." Psalm 16:11 English Standard Version
Notice that King David did not say "the path FOR my life," but "OF life." We worry to much about what specific direction of life we ought to travel that we don't experience the life that we already have.
Take a moment an concentrate on your breathing...I'll wait. What did you experience?
The breath OF life for your life is God's Spirit, the Spirit that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has breathed on his church.
By this Spirit God directs your life today. Though his Spirit God makes know the path of life.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2013 Douglas P. Brauner. ARR.
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