On Monday I received a phone call. Another pastor in town is unable to provide the devotional for a seniors home. He will be away on Wednesday. Can I take the devotional?
We switched and today I have a morning time together with a number of my friends. We will examine favorite verses and look at a thread of thought that talks of God’s care and his saving grace. Thoughts were running to these areas in the last few days.
As the morning dawned, I also turned to other thoughts. One area that I am so thankful for is comfort and sustaining strength. Another is family. My sister is headed in for hip surgery in May.
There is a certain sense in which my thoughts stray more often to ending well as compared to pushing into the future. Where vision and mission consumed much of my early years of work and marriage, now I am concerned to have clarity (fixing my eyes on Jesus) and to find what it means to rest.
These are not easy topics, and I’m not sure I am finding the road easy to travel. But I sense that this is the way that God directs. As Proverbs 3:5-6 says: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him. And he will direct your paths!”