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"He must become greater; I must become less." John 3:30
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27 Jul 2009Sometimes I feel like God leads us down paths and then shuts doors in our faces, perhaps only to see if we’d trust Him enough to go down that path in the first place, despite the ending. I’ve seen it happen in my own life and most recently in the lives of my closest friends. It’s enough to make me throw up my hands and say, “God what are you doing?”
And it’s then I have to realize–that’s the exact question He’s been waiting for me to ask. What are YOU doing, God? How do You want me to fit in that story? Sometimes I wish His story was a paint-by-number–I wish I could see the ending and see where all the colors and shapes go before I paint them. Or maybe it’s a puzzle…perhaps it’s not about seeing the puzzle all put together, but watching God hand-select the pieces (our pasts, the people, the circumstances) and fit them all together to accomplish His purpose.
I wonder if the left-turns in my life haven’t been left turns at all, but God gently guiding my eyes and my head from the path and the ending I expect, and back to Him.
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