I put this as my facebook status and I wanted to expand on it.
"Life is not a straight line..." -John Piper.
You can take this quote and run with it in a million directions. A long time time ago, and by a long time, I mean just over 10 years, I was a junior in high school. I am pretty sure I was clinically depressed but I trucked on through it. I had little motivation to do anything and it was pretty rough. I used to write a lot back then, here is one of my pieces.
"The Journey"
A journey down a treacherous path-
a winding course with rugged mountains-
burning deserts and mighty oceans
on this path lies many forks.
Go right here!
Go left there,
or maybe just go straight.
Either way it won't be easy;
each path has its ups and downs.
The point of this incessant journey
is to reach our final destination.
Life is nothing but a journey,
and the world is just a prison,
until the journey comes to an end.
This prison is a melancholy void
slowly spiraling to its demise.
It is up to us to choose
whether or not we go with it.
For the choices we make,
and the paths we take,
determine our fate.
-02-07-00.
Can I just say that I am grateful for the grace of God. Life is not about the final destination, rather it is about the Journey. We will never walk down easy paths, they may at some point be quite pleasant in level fields with beautiful scenery. Other times the roads will be winding, and twisting uphill, downhill, rough terrain. It is important to know we will never be alone. We have a God who has been where we have been and who now chooses to walk with us and often times carry us through this journey. The other beauty... we walk together in fellowship and support.
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