Roots and Wings

What an awesome trip I was able to go on. I met GOD in soooo many ways on this trip. I was reminded of my roots and were I come from. It was the community in which I grew up and the people in that small town of Jonesville, Michigan that helped me develop the character traits that make me me today. I know where I came from and I know to Whom I belong. I also know that HE gave me some pretty big wings that I have used in order to fly.

While on my trip to Pennsylvania to visit one of my bestest friends, I was driving on a part of the Ohio Turnpike near Arkon that brought back a memory from almost 20 years ago with my Dad and little Brother. It was so strong that I had to call my Brother and tell him how much I loved him. I had a million other moments like this throughout my whole trip. I had time with loved ones where I met the Risen Christ, as well as many moments alone driving in the car where HE was also met in such a beautiful way.

And the trip ended with a weekend spent at my class reunion and a family day at home. I just feel so blessed to have had an opportunity to be able to reflect on the past 20 years of my life. Wow, what an adventure it has been. GOD has been good.

As I was sitting down tonight to write this I had my quiet time first and of course, Our Daily Bread went along with some thoughts I been having about my trip once I was back in Colorado.

The author, Cindy Hess Kasper, wrote about a visit to Alaska to see Mt. McKinley and how she discovered that day that many people miss seeing the whole mountain because it is so tall that most of it is hidden on cloudy days. They only see a part of the whole. She went on to write: Often we're satisfied with our limited view of life. But Jeremiah 29:11 reminds us, "'I know the thoughts that I think toward you,' says the LORD, 'thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.'" With GOD's omniscient, panoramic view, HE sees the people HE wants us to help, the things HE wants us to accomplish, the character traits HE wants to develop in us. Proverbs 16:9 says, "A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps." Our view of life is restricted by our humanness, but we can trust ourselves to the ONE who has an unlimited view!

ODB referenced Isaiah 55:6-9 and used Job 34:21, "His eyes are on the ways of man, and He sees all his steps."

GOD used this to speak to me...........I just love when HE does this. It reminds me of how awesome HE is.

There's so much now I cannot see,

My eyesight's far too dim,

But come what may, I'll simply trust

And leave it all to HIM.

--Overton

We see in part; GOD sees the whole.