I feel as if I am standing on a rock in a misty forest.

There are several paths before me, but I can't see clearly down any of them to know which way to go.

What I can see clearly is the stone under my feet. But, instead I am looking hard into the mist to find the right path to take for the future.

Sometimes, I'll see something in the mist, so I'll run after what I see, hopeful that I have at last found the path! But when I get there, I discover that I have gotten lost while chasing that daydream. I am surrounded by shifting shadows. There is no solid future and no reality down that road. I have run down a path that God did not intend me to run down. I followed my desires and not His.

But He is faithful to help me and He answers my cries by bringing me back to the stepping stone He first placed me on. He reminds me that this stone is where He wants me to stay. When it is time to take a step down a new path, He will illuminate that path. I must not move until He lights my way.

I have a choice as to what I do with myself. I can stay on the rock in wisdom, or I could foolishly run down several paths, chasing illusions and dreams. Either way, God is going to illuminate the right path for me at the prefect time. But I can save myself the heartache of not traveling down a road that God never intended for me to travel by focusing on the present and not the cloudy future.

So I focus on my feet, living in this moment, and I hold on to my heart to keep it from running away from me.

:md

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