One step forward.

Some days feel like I’m walking through mud. Things happen and I catch myself asking, “why me Lord?” But, then I look around at the suffering and chaos going on around me and realize how blessed I am.

I remember on a mission trip once in Peru, when the trail before me was 16 miles of mud! It was the hardest hike I had ever done. I would take one step forward and sink into the mud, trying to keep my balance and to keep moving.

I learned many things on that trip; one being that to get to the destination, I had to keep moving forward, no matter the terrain. And, trusting God to go before me and lead the way strengthened my confidence in taking that next step.

The Lord is leading us each day whether we believe it or not, and we are venturing by faith each step of the way.

God has a plan for your life. His will is for you to walk forward, confident in His love, trusting Him to take care of you all along the way.

Take the next step forward with God at your side.

Philippians 3:13-14 -  “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behindand straining toward what is ahead,  I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”