Years ago my
Dad gave me a gift of words, he told me once, when I was just a girl really, I
was stepping out into the world and he said ‘One step at a time Judy, first you
crawl, then you walk and then, you can run...take it one step at a time.”
I have
always loved that he told me that, that I have those words to fall back on, to
slow down and measure my pace.
When we first moved into this home, John made a sidewalk part way around the house. Embedded in the walkway are red stepping stones placed a certain distance apart, it is hard to walk at a normal pace if you want to step on each one, each step has to be measured. Life is a maze of stepping stones, taking you in the direction you should go. The trick is to
step on the right stones in the right measures.
A friend
said to me the other day, be like a scale...balance everything, measure what is
good.
Yes,
but in order to measure something you need to have something to measure
against...hopefully it is something good.
Sometimes, I find that God gives you something, it is not
yours to keep, it is given in order to see what is possible, to see a glimpse
of what He has in store for you. It is
given as a means of measure, to measure all things against, to taste and see
and know and wait for it to come for keeps...for you. It is a stepping stone, a gift and God gives his children good gifts...I love that.
I will be measuring all things against that
gift...something good...a gift from God.
This is
where I stand right now, I am on the road to enjoying life, stepping out and stepping
on stones...one step at a time measuring and balancing good gifts.
“Every good
and perfect gift is from above” James
1:17
I love that.
