Wednesday, November 2, 2016

After the Storm

How exactly do you go on? And what are we supposed to do now?  Very simple questions that lead to very complicated answers.  We all have had dreams or things we believed we were placed on this earth to do.  That one thing that motivates you to press on, to push forward and give it all you have.  This one thing gives you a zeal for life and provides meaning.  But what do we do when that one thing is gone?  Often times what we believed was going to last for ever only stays around for a season.  Those dreams that kept us up at night can disappear in a flash of disappointment and bewilderment. Where do we go from here?  

Today I listened to a sermon sent to me by a great friend, the  sermon touched on the subject of "Not dying with your Dream".  The pastor made so many great points and biblical references on how a dream differed is just a part of the journey of your life.  A detour is not a dead end and a dead end is not The End.  These words were much needed and greatly appreciated in my current season of transition.  One point that stuck with me the most was "It is very difficult to steer a car that is not moving."  We often ask (whoever you may pray to) for discernment and for God to guide our steps... Guide Our Steps, GUIDE OUR STEPS.  Within that plea lies the solution, we have to get moving, we have to try and continue to try no matter how many times we get knocked down or hear the GPS of our lives say "recalculating route".  Action, no enthusiastic action will allow our path to be guided by favor.  We have to keep moving forward in life and know that a pursued passion is a reward in itself. 

“We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams." Arthur O'Shaugnessy