Modern
Day Samaritan Woman
HERE
I
have recently joined a group of writers for Five Minute Friday, hosted by Kate Motaung. Every
week we write for five minutes after receiving a one word prompt. No editing or
over thinking involved….Just writing for the love of writing. For more
information please visit
The word for this week is :
START:
HOW
DID I END UP HERE?
No! not here
in this office or here in this city, but here
in the journey that I call my life.
As a
child, young teenager through to middle age, I have often had to stop in my
tracks and reflect.
Sometimes,
I did the stopping to reflect by myself and other times it was forced on me by circumstances.
But every time I remember consciously thinking
about where I am in my journey on this planet, I have found that I have seldom
been exactly where I imagined I would be.
Which
always bring me to the question.
HOW
DID I END UP HERE?
Thankfully,
we serve a God who patiently directs me back to the HERE that He has in mind for me…The HERE Where His will is perfect for me.
He reminds
me that He has a plan for me and that it is good.
He
reminds me that He designed my life with specific purpose to compliment His
Glory.
He
reminds me that mistakes can be corrected. I may have to face the consequences
of my mistakes, but they can be corrected.
He reminds
me that He has equipped me to face every obstacle, every trial, and every test
of endurance.
He
reminds me that He is behind every blessing, every healing, every heartfelt
laugh, and every pleasure.
He reminds
me that He has placed specific people strategically into my life to
Bless
Me, Assist Me, Challenge Me, Comfort Me, Shape Me, as I am strategically placed
into other people’s lives to fulfil roles for them.
He reminds
me that he provides for every need in ways and methods I sometimes cannot
fathom or imagine and very often take for granted.
He
reminds me that he sustains life within me, constantly standing guard over me,
waking me up every morning and gently nudging me off in the mysterious regions of
sound sleep.
He
reminds me that I am never ever alone and that He is with me in all things,
passes through all valleys with me, climbs every difficult, overwhelming hill ,
comforts me in every single heart break, and laughs out loud with me when I experience
pleasure and joy.
And
then I find the answer to my question:
HOW
DID I END UP HERE?
I
got to this point, to this HERE, by
Divine Intervention, by a Living Almighty God, every second of every day, of every year of my life. I may
not be precisely in the HERE Father
has in mind for me but I am moving towards it because He Lives and is with me.
END:
*Hugs* till next time.
Ariéte
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