"Daily" Butter 4/1

Only the Daily part is an April Fools ;-)

 

In the Our Daily Bread for this Palm Sunday 2012, it was something different that prompted today’s thought. Rather than a different take from the “Read” spotlight passage, it was a reminder from the writing of Julie Ackerman Link about the promise of the Good Shepherd (teamed up with feeling something has been missing and the reminder of a dear friend that I hadn’t written anything like these thoughts in quite some time) that prompted the break in silence.

 

She wrote: ”Not all change is pleasant, but when we’re being led to a better place by Someone who loves us, we don’t need to fear it.”

 

She mentioned that we don’t dread change when it is pretty clear to us that the situation after the change will be an improvement and as one colleague moves into a new job situation, I continue to wrestle with a thought that change is what is going to be required. Without laying everything out for all to see, I would ask for your prayers as I have  been wrestling with the age-old struggle of what I want to do and what does He want me to do inevitably get filtered down into what will I do. I struggle knowing my faith and trust in Him is not measuring up to the supreme example of Christ’s selflessness to us in the Garden prayer (pardon the paraphrase) “I REALLY don’t want to do this, but if You say this is the only way, so it shall be done.”

 

But in the words of the great seatbelt traffic sign: “What’s holding YOU back?” I’m not sure whether it is uncertainty as to His leading, weak faith in this morning’s reminder to truly  believe that I need not fear when following the Good Shepherd or (as I have accused others) manufacturing manmade excuses to make something blurry that He has tried to make clear. Pardon my rambles, but please pray for me that I might see clearly and act wisely to take the path of His leading regardless of the terrain.

 

“Come!” He said.

  And climbing out of the boat, Peter started walking on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid. And beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me!”

  Immediately Jesus reached out His hand, caught hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

(Matthew 14:29-31 HCSB)

 

 

Andy Jentes