The 12 Days of Christmas - Day ElevenHindsight
By Mary Fairchild, About.com Guide
Hindsight
"Life has to be lived forwards but it can only be understood backwards."
- Søren Kierkegaard
- Søren Kierkegaard
- "Trust in the LORD with all your heart
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge him,
And he will make your paths straight."
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
- "Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?" Job 12:12 (NIV)
If we could walk backwards through life, so many times of doubt and questioning would be erased from our path. But we would have also missed those desperate moments of trusting in the Lord, and clinging to Him for guidance.
The 12 Days of Christmas - Day TwelveGod Will Direct
By Mary Fairchild, About.com Guide
God Will Direct
"If this is to be a Happy New Year, a year of usefulness, a year in which we shall live to make this earth better, it is because God will direct our pathway. How important then, to feel our dependence upon Him!"
- Matthew Simpson
- Matthew Simpson
- "I guide you in the way of wisdom
And lead you along straight paths.
When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;
When you run, you will not stumble.
Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
Guard it well, for it is your life.
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn,
Shining ever brighter till the full light of day."
Proverbs 4:11-13;18 (NIV)
Sometimes God brings a change or a challenge into our lives to shake up our dependence upon self and turn us back to dependence upon Him. We are closest to finding His will for our lives, our happiness and usefulness, when we are completely in the dark waiting for that first gleam of dawn, and depending fully upon Him to cause the sun to rise.
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