February 21, 2006
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The Darkened Path
Help me Lord,
when I am blind
and cannot see your face;
When life and pressures
crowd my mind
and I don’t know the place
To put my feet
upon Your path,
or where the path may be.
Oh,be there Father God, my help
in ways that eyes can’t see.
Guide me, channel all my steps
Lord, see my journey through
So that when coming to my end
my ways end up in You.
©copyright Feb 2006 James A Smallish
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We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog,
peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the
weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then,
see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly
just as he knows us!
1 Cor 13:12 (The Message)
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Comments (29)
Amen. This is a beautiful prayer, Jim.
That is where I am at today…Thanks
Mike
Yes….
For now we see through a glass darkly
We take tentative steps along the path
Stop, and reach for His hand
As a child his father
And always,
He is there
But now we see through a glass darkly
Yet one day soon
“When coming to [our] end”
We’ll see Him
Face to face
May all our ways be His ways, to lead us to this end.
Thanks for your comment(s) and showing me how to credit freefoto with their pics I use
I hope your trip to Mexico goes well, in every way; may all your steps be blessed and ordered by God. May you be a vessel of His presence, spreading the incense of His love wherever you go.
I want to be more dependent on God, that I would look to him and him alone for my direction. It’s so true what you wrote, sometimes I can get so distracted and loose focus, He is not clear to me…but one day, one day that will all change
Until then…
Thank you for letting God speak through you. I sent the email before reading this, and this is exactly where I am right now. The path I’m on has simply vanished — no fork in the road, nothing…and so I’m waiting for the Lord to show me — no, I’m waiting for His hand to pick me off the precipice.
marvelous words jim. thanks for sharing them
RYC: Thank you so much for your encouragement Jim!
I hope you have a blessed trip to Mexico and that God will use you in mighty ways! God bless you!
Love in Christ,
Paul
Hi there! THanks for your nice comment and yes I do hope my internal clock gets fixed – had a good nights rest so maybe I’m just about back to Eastern Standard Time! I see you are going on a missions trip to Mexico! That’s awesome! I pray God’s blessing on you and your group and that you bless many there in Mexico! My daughter is going to Thailand this summer for 2 months with Teen Mania as a leader (2nd year of college). She went to Panama for a month when she was 15. God bless our missionaries – including you!
that is a beautiful prayer! hope you have a wonderful day! ~julie:)
Hey…hope you had a great weekend, mine was not so good..The week is getting better though….I know that everywhere I stop to read a post today.It has been of some comfort or advice I really needed to hear..thanks…
I have a lil prayer request, Christy my sons GF just found out she has herpes…I thought OMG, Brandons got it too…come to find out, he had it already and didn’t tell anyone…Now we have a mess on our hands with her family…I just don’t know how to deal with it…Been praying like crazy..
Thanks again and be blessed always
Tamara
Inspirational post of the day! ^_^ I hope you have a great day and may you be guided with lots of happiness and fullfilled love this day.
Thanks for stopping by and praying for all that is happening in India. Continue to stop by, I will post as I know more.
Thanks for your prayers and comments. I talked to my land lady last night and she agreed that there was no way to insure my safety anywhere. I bought a purse I can hide down my shirt for days I don´t have pockets. It will make me look fat, but maybe that will cut down on comments from men. Probably not. Anyway, she said I should have a new key for the outside door by tomorrow.
Most of the time, He only shines the light far enough ahead that we can see where our next foot must fall…He does this so that we will still rely heavily on Him and won’t run ahead of Him….
RYC: Thank you…
I haven’t been able to read a lot this past few weeks, but I hope to get caught up on Friday. Thanks for your complement on the poem! I thank my Father for giving me the ability to be a blessing!
That is beautiful….is it a song? have you written music to it? I love to write songs, I love to write anything actually. Yes I was accepted to FFHM and can’t wait to go! I am very excited, new phase in the journey. Before then I have much to do though with my courses….talk to you soon ~Heather
I LOVE how God speaks through you!!!
ABSOLUTELY!!!
Thank you Jim for sharing…
I pray the Lord to be with you on your trip to Mexico…May you be used in His will…
A tight hug…
Blessings, Jim!!!
YSIC, Lucy
I do too…
Have a wonderful day..
Blessings to you too,Jim…
Lucy
I like this!!! I like it a lot. You seem to always end strongly and end in a twist of the bad to the good! That last line is amazing! great stuff, Jim!
I agree with the overwhelmingness (is that a word?) of the hurt in the world. But if we aim at nothing, that’s what we’ll hit. We need to keep focus and remember to let Jesus channel us to where he would have us go. Great post Jaime, J-dog, or whatever you are today!
Thanks for your comment:) Today’s is something I come up against time and again – seeing people who have lived their lives in fear because of what others have told them about God, showing them anything but the God who is. It’s more gripping yet when I see someone near the end of their life who looks at me with penetrating, pleading eyes, suddenly becomes lucid, and says, “I’m afraid to sleep. I’m afraid.”
I appreciate what jimyungus says above; I relate to being overwhelmed by the brokenness in the world. When it comes at the hands of those who act in God’s name – that’s where the fury comes from. I sometimes wonder if it’s all mine, or if I’m simply receiving the answer to prayer, “I want to know what You think, what You feel; I want to see through Your eyes and feel with Your heart.”
What to do? I’m grateful to know you will be going to be God’s loving presence in the world. It helps to ease the rage, because I’ve seen your heart of love for others.
Thank you so much for your prayers, Jim. I’ll stay on your prayer list as long as you’re willing!
I really like your poem of prayer.
Kathi
RYC: Yes, I think he’s quite unique – though probably not in his peer group, I suppose. I have learned a lot from him. I wonder what life would be like if I’d known people who think like that growing up. I plan to read that book he talks about, with the readings from different philosophers. It’s probably over my head, but the subject fascinates me. Goes back to my fascination with why people think the way they do.
Is this where I make a comment about how you really can teach an old dog….
Nah, I think I’ll pass on that one.
Hi Jim! How is your weekend? 7 kids in the family? lol But that still leaves room to pick on one another! hehe. I hope you have a great day!
Hello Jim. Your reading today is simple but profound. It really all is about being centered in Christ and from that flows everything else.
Hope so, I sure could use a bit of fog free existence.
Heather
Tomorrow you leave for Mexico. God go with you, God bless the trip and everything related to it. Your music, your serving, your health, your safety, and that of the whole group. I don’t know if you’ll see this before you go, but I write this anyway:):):) blessings, Gerrie
Keep on keepin’ on the path, Jim. Blessings to you.