It is certainly a statement that is thought about by many, and in most cases is challenged profusely by those who struggle to understand where they are going...  You may believe that it is an illusion to think that we are traveling somewhere...perhaps we are just spinning around in circles experiencing the same things in different lights.. or you may prefer a different image, a ladder to be climbed or a game to be won, or... if life is a journey at all, we are just sitting on a conveyor belt that moves relentlessly from birth to old age but there is very little that we can do about it...we are just here to go through the motions and make the most out of it.

Sometimes I think about the roots of words, where they came from...after some consideration of my many years of French classes (my teachers would be proud), I realized that the word "journey" is in fact connected with the French word "jour" which means "day."  ... The distance you can travel, in a day. 

When you think of life in the light of daily walks, it doesn't seem so intimidating does it?  Sometimes, especially here, with the mixed feelings of sorrow and joy I have about finishing my term, I am overwhelmed by the days that remain, wondering how I am going to be able to successfully walk through each of them...  I am comforted by a verse in light of what is happening in my life.

When I think of this verse, and how I planned my course for coming here, how I expected certain things to happen, certain things not to, I have realized, that although in my heart, I have planned a way that I would like to go, God is the one putting my steps in place...and sometimes that leads us to a completely different conclusion.

How is it possible then, to allow God this ability in your life, to allow him to direct your steps?  I believe you need to be on the "journey".... you need to be on that daily walk with Him, no more, no less, just one day, and then one more... and then one more, as He wills, and as He directs.  Otherwise we get ahead of ourselves don't we?  

I suppose I am beginning to realize how I have walked this last year, looking back, can't say that the path has been straight, as I have fought with God on quite a few issues!  Nonetheless, I am looking forward to finding out His conclusion rather than my own.  My goal today.... letting God direct my steps.  What is directing yours?  What is pulling you where you are going?  Money?  Fame?  A promotion?  Why are you on the journey you are on?  Where are you going?  Have you really any idea?  Where will it lead you?

Why not let go for a day, let God direct your steps...you may be blessed with where you end up.

Enough for today, and thank you for your prayers, it has been a difficult time.

In Christ,

Corinne