Walking with God. What does that look like? It was a question on my heart today. I don't even know if I even voiced it or not, but I thought about it & something came to mind.
When I went to see Daniel, my son, & Crystal, my ex-wife, one time in Alaska a couple years ago, Crystal took us to Nikiski, which is on the tip of the Kenai Pennisula. The view was amazing. The beach overlooked, of course the ocean, but a huge snow-capped mountain range went on forever in both directions off the horizon.
There Crystal took a picture from behind of Daniel & I walking together down the beach. He's just this little guy walking along side me. I'm looking down at him as he's walking. And I remember that walk. He saw what seemed to be so many new things. He'd bend down & touch something or slap the water, & if I needed to I told him what was okay to play with & what wasn't. And when he would start to take off towards the water, I'd grab him & pull him back. But it was just me & him. Together! Father & son. Walking! And when he got tired, I carried him. Dirty! Sand & all. And then it hit me.....
Isn't this what God does? Takes us to new places. Shows us new stuff. What's good, what's not! Pulls us in when we stray & carries us when need be.
And as I sit here writing this, I realize that this is what God has done with me during this trip. He's walked with me. Taken me & shown me new stuff. Shared with me. Corrected me when correcting was needed. He taught me. He walked with me. What a gift. Thank you Father for showing me life.
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