Building a shelter against a rainy day reminds me of so many
things and I have had my share of rainy days. Sometimes
I’m prepared for the fall and other times they have caught me completely by surprise bringing me to my knees.
But the thing is every time no matter what the situation might have been my shelter in Christ got me through. This has been true my entire life; that’s a lot of years because I’m currently 54.
The best part of growing a relationship in Christ, is that it brings you to a place of understanding what God has truly planned for your life. Sometimes I can physically see it and other times I can feel it before it even arrives.
I honestly believe that building a shelter against a rainy day has everything to do with living in his light, listening to his message and allowing the almighty to speak to our heart. So how did I get here?
Well, I will tell you it has taken me a lifetime to find
this kind of peace and it didn’t happen by listening to others speak nor did it
happen by sitting on a church pew.
I’m not saying there is anything wrong with that because I do enjoy attending church services once in a while. I just don’t have this strong desire to be connected with one group of people or a building, that’s just not who I am.
I believe we are to do as Christ did and connect with the poor, the lost and share the light. It’s nothing more than being kind and I have to say sometimes that’s just easier to do with complete strangers.
When I stopped listening to everyone’s advice, well everything changed.
I guess if I had to pinpoint the time and place it began when we were living on our family farm; this is when I started to really grow. There was something about working the land and scripture that connected my soul with a purpose.
I placed my faith in the word of God and decided to trust his guidance. Was it easy? Absolutely not and there are days when I continue to struggle because we live in an incredibly difficult and dark world.
But when you are in that light, brushing off the dust the desire to keep moving forward becomes less difficult. You also recover a lot faster from your failures and you make decisions easier.
It can be difficult at first and my wish to you is that perhaps you will build a shelter against a rainy day in Christ.
See the Good
Carole
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