On Saturday, I had an "anniversary" of sorts...it was two years ago when my appendix burst and put me thisclose to passing into the Lord's presence. My congregational leader Randy Shapiro has a quote that I love hearing about God, that "He sees the end from the beginning." Sometimes though, he allows the path to be hidden. The reason that He does so, in my very humble opinion, is in the joy, experiences, and other things that happen on the journey from beginning to end.
Michael Card in his song "Joy in the Journey" puts it like this:
There is a joy in the journey
There's a light we can love on the way
There is a wonder and wildness to life
And freedom for those who obey
And all those who seek it
Shall find it (Proverbs 8:17)
A pardon for all who believe
Hope for the hopeless
And sight for the blind (Isaiah 42:7)
I think that the reason that God allowed me to go on the journey was to strengthen me to help others, to strengthen my faith in Him, to remind me of who He is, who I am, how people are, to remind me of the love of my family (physical and spiritual) and a great many other things. That is why I decided to start a blog-to share what has happened/what is happening on this journey and to share a little of what has been given to me.
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