Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6
The
Patchwork of Life
Life is a
journey we travel
filled with
surprises, challenges, joys and sorrows.
Some of
these are welcome experiences,
others we
would rather avoid completely.
But each
experience holds its own treasure
which, when
seen together, in the end,
forms a
patchwork, the patchwork of our life.
If we can
embrace each experience, its joy or its pain,
and hold it
up to God; if we can say,
“Lord, give me grace to walk this part of the
journey.
Help me to
feel the love, the joy, the pain,
the
emptiness, or the loneliness, and grow through it.
Give me the
wisdom to make right choices along the way,
and ears to
hear your voice when I walk, or even stray -
To hear you
say, “This is the way”,
and to alter
my course accordingly”.
Then, as we
complete each section of our journey,
we will have
learned well
the lessons
life has brought to us, and be enriched.
As we hold
them before the Lord with thankfulness,
we will be
ready to share with others
the wisdom
we’ve gained
to help them complete their journey
through the
patchwork of life
then nothing will be
wasted.
Jackie Simmons
PRAYER: Lord God, thank you for my life experiences this far. May I value them for what they have brought into my life and how they have shaped me into who I am today. May I submit my course to you and entrust myself to you on this journey of life. Amen
