Pink Slip

It came on the day I returned from a cleansing wilderness canoe trip in Canada -The pink slip - two more weeks due to a general loss of jobs - we will call you back if we can - happy with your work - don't pass up any opportunities in the meantime - get ready - keep in touch.

So once again I am faced with choices. Do I moan and whine while I fret and worry, or do I really believe in what I have been saying for a while, while times were good?

God is in charge. It is He who causes the sun to rise on the just as well as the unjust and it is He who knows what He has in store for me - and it is good - the Bible says that and I say I believe it.

Put up or shut up time thrown into my face. And I don't mind telling you that I don't like it, and I told Him so too-take it to the Lord in prayer as the old hymn says.

I do trust in Him though. And I did get something from Him - peace, and not only that, wonders upon wonders-my wife is at peace with it too. Now that is what I call a blessing, it was her reaction in retrospect that I feared the most. Another blessing revealed, what a good woman He blessed me with those 27 years ago.

I am what some would call an avid 'outdoorsman', I hunt and fish - I do extended canoe trips in the Canadian bush - I love to go into the wilds with just a camera. I know how to follow tracks, I know that it takes a while when you are truly in the wilderness to shake off the shroud of 'civilization' and hear the wilds - smell them - become a part of them.

I can follow the signs - spoor it is called - of an animal and when the signs disappear I am pretty good at guessing where it was going and then picking the signs up again a little later on.

And I should know well enough, after following my Lord, to guess where He is taking me. It may take some time to get used to deadlines and appointments being gone. To stop 'dual tasking', reports and meetings and no lunches because something needs done ASAP, to shake off the shroud of the hustle and bustle I am wrapped in.

Actually to tell the truth, I am starting to look forward to the trip. I think I may be able to follow the signs on this journey. All because I know He has plans for me and they are good plans-not bad ones.

If you can't say the same maybe you need to reconsider - all journeys start with a single step. If you do not know the confidence to follow the Lord wherever He takes you, please pray about it today-He is there and He listens. He is waiting to take you places you never dreamed existed-if you follow Him. That's why we call following the Lord a 'walk' isn't it?

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