Come Awake

"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."~John Milton

Sometimes in life when you look back you realize that you have been in overhaul mode. Not for any real reason; I never said "Today is the day I shall change everything!". Yet somehow here I am on a path away from where I have resided so long. It is strange these places have no name, but I, like Milton, sometimes ascribe appropriate names based on the feeling a place evokes.

I don't know that there is much outside of myself that anyone would understand, but I have come to the conclusion that when in doubt try something different. I, as a Christian, have spent too long trying to "be still and know" God as opposed to getting out and living like God knows me. That is not to say my actions mean anything, but the movement is faith. Faith that God is changing me, faith that I can trust Him direct me, faith that old and tired muscles can still make a difference.

For those who have hit a spot where knowing is not enough, then my challenge is simple: Move.

God is so much bigger than our sad state of affairs, and even our best fortunes. Movement is required in the walk of faith, or as the old saying goes we are just sliding backwards.