"This is the path

I have set before you..."

I've definitely been off the radar for a while. We do not have internet or phones yet, so right now our option is to go to the local coffee shop to check e-mail, and as you can well imagine, doing that with a toddler is not quite so fun...Thankfully, that should be changing soon as our bank accounts are set up and the UK government deems us not a threat to their country!
I have missed writing...so here's my thought for today!

"This is the path I have set before you."
How encouraging that God has set before us a path, not always easy or what we may have chosen left to ourselves, but one He has chosen for us for our good and His glory. He knows where it leads, the terrain, the twists and turns, all of it - and He chose it especially for you! It reminds me of my favorite Robert Frost poem (you probably know the one)..."Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference."

"Live first and foremost in My Presence. Gradually you will become more aware of Me than of people and places around you. This awareness will not detract from you relationships with others. Instead, it will increase your ability to give love and encouragement to them."

Sometimes I find myself looking for relationships to be my source of satisfaction. I look for people to give to me and hope that I can some how give back to them. The problem with that is I lose focus of God's Presence, which is NOT the path God has for me. In fact, it's been a good thing to have the Lord remove close relationships from my life for the time being so I can learn to live first and foremost in His Presence. It really is the only way to really love and give to people. It's also the path that God has chosen for each to KNOW HIM and the reality of His Presence in our everyday lives. Let that be our utmost priority today to first and foremost live in the Presence of God.