The Way

So, life has been a little uncertain lately...to say the least. This was my last week of working, for possibly a couple of months, so we've been a bit worried about our finances. We have been in the hole anyway since I left my other job back in August. So, finances... BAD.

I guess I could get discouraged. I could worry and stress over the uncertainty that we are facing. I could doubt my calling....tried that a few times....but God just won't let me! He keeps giving me affirmation and encouragement. He puts people and conversations in my life that just reiterates what He has already put in my heart. He amazes me.

I was praying yesterday and thinking about the feeling of hopelessness that so many face. I have felt that hopelessness, and depression too at times. It seems like you're lost and you can't find a way out. Like every decision you have made in life was the wrong one. You come to a point where you can't see life getting better. You can't see yourself without the weight of your worries. You don't even want to try anymore. You want someone to tell you what to do...which way to go....Jesus is the way. He is truth. He is life.

John 14:1-6
KJV

¹Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
 ²In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
 ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
 ⁴And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
 ⁵Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
 ⁶Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

He came not only to save us, though that would have been enough, but also to give us a full life. People seek after money, fame, and everything else the world has to offer. But what they really desire, that emptiness they try all their life to fill, is love. God's love.
John 10:9-11

Worldwide English (New Testament)

Jesus speaking:

⁹I am the door. Anyone who comes in through me will be saved. He will go in and out as he wants to, and will have food to eat.
 ¹⁰The thief comes only to steal the sheep and to kill them and spoil them. I have come so that people may live and that they may enjoy life to the full.
 ¹¹`I am the good shepherd. I am the one who really cares for the sheep. The good shepherd is willing to die to save his sheep.


Now, I'm not saying that following Him is always going to be easy. I know I screw up a lot of times. I hate that I fail Him. But it's not about me and my short comings. It's about Him and the love that He has put in our hearts. He loves us...even when we're hopelessly lost.

Romans 5:6-8
NLT

⁶ When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. ⁷ Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. ⁸ But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.


If you are hurting, He wants to comfort you. If you need direction, he wants to guide you through. He has a plan for your life. He has a purpose for you. Call on Him, He will be faithful to answer you and show you great things that you didn't know.

*If you need prayer, I will pray for you. If you need a bible, I will send you one. gh_fleming@yahoo.com