I was lying in bed wondering what I felt my next blog should
be about and thinking about what other things I had been pondering over
recently. Since looking at God’s grace, his faithfulness also came up a few
times – these two seem to go very well hand in hand. So I decided to write
about God’s faithfulness, or attempt to express my understanding of it at
least.
A lot of my thinking seems to happen just as I’m trying to sleep, which can be very irritating... but as I was thinking of faithfulness I realised that one of the things I most associate with it is a dog, a Labrador/Retriever in particular (bear with me). That then seemed to trail off into thinking about guide dogs, and how in particular guide dogs have to be extremely faithful to their blind owners. Guide dogs are constantly at the side of their owners, guiding them along roads, and paths that can’t be seen; but it isn’t just one sided, the owners have to place complete and utter trust in their guide, depend on them completely. I imagined myself in that situation, and although I do love dogs very much, I wouldn’t know if I could be in that position of complete and utter dependency... on a dog. In particular with crossing roads and other situations which could potentially be life threatening.
But I then realised that the guide dog/owner relationship is a lot like what our relationship with God should be like. He is our “guide dog” guiding us along unseen paths. We may or may not think we know where we’re headed in the future, we may have plans that we fully intend to follow, but only God knows completely where we’re headed, and He’s the one guiding us there. He is constantly at our side, leading us along the right path. Like a guide dog never leaves its owner, God never leaves us – and this is His faithfulness. I find this extremely comforting as I have absolutely no idea what the future holds for me; I’m bumbling along with my A levels and struggling because I just don’t have a clue where on earth it is heading, but the fact God knows is reassuring and I need to learn to be like the blind owner, placing full trust and dependency in Him.
I was uncertain whether to post this yet as I felt it was a lot shorter than my last one, but I guess I do have less to say and I feel after youth cell tonight that I should be posting this now, and ending it on two passages that have really stood out to me. The first is about worrying, which seems to be a common occurrence in my life and I know many people in my life who are fellow worriers;
A lot of my thinking seems to happen just as I’m trying to sleep, which can be very irritating... but as I was thinking of faithfulness I realised that one of the things I most associate with it is a dog, a Labrador/Retriever in particular (bear with me). That then seemed to trail off into thinking about guide dogs, and how in particular guide dogs have to be extremely faithful to their blind owners. Guide dogs are constantly at the side of their owners, guiding them along roads, and paths that can’t be seen; but it isn’t just one sided, the owners have to place complete and utter trust in their guide, depend on them completely. I imagined myself in that situation, and although I do love dogs very much, I wouldn’t know if I could be in that position of complete and utter dependency... on a dog. In particular with crossing roads and other situations which could potentially be life threatening.
But I then realised that the guide dog/owner relationship is a lot like what our relationship with God should be like. He is our “guide dog” guiding us along unseen paths. We may or may not think we know where we’re headed in the future, we may have plans that we fully intend to follow, but only God knows completely where we’re headed, and He’s the one guiding us there. He is constantly at our side, leading us along the right path. Like a guide dog never leaves its owner, God never leaves us – and this is His faithfulness. I find this extremely comforting as I have absolutely no idea what the future holds for me; I’m bumbling along with my A levels and struggling because I just don’t have a clue where on earth it is heading, but the fact God knows is reassuring and I need to learn to be like the blind owner, placing full trust and dependency in Him.
I was uncertain whether to post this yet as I felt it was a lot shorter than my last one, but I guess I do have less to say and I feel after youth cell tonight that I should be posting this now, and ending it on two passages that have really stood out to me. The first is about worrying, which seems to be a common occurrence in my life and I know many people in my life who are fellow worriers;
"That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life - whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn't life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to him that they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?... so don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today." Matthew 6: 25-27 and 34And Hebrews 13:5 which says:
Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.
Hey Gemma, Adam TS here (that guy from st andrews you might have spoken to once or twice lol)
ReplyDeleteThis is really cool. I love the way you put in such obvious terms what is certainly for me a big challenge and one which, as my future starts to take shape, is a lesson I need to learn. Do keep these up. It's also good that you've got the guts to publish these thoughts. Keep that safe. Hope all your A levels go okay! :)
Hi Adam, thank you :) I am so amazed and thankful for the responses I've had from just the first one, I really do appreciate your feedback :D I feel like it's something God wants me to be doing, just to share with people things I am learning and to encourage others along the way. Thanks again and you too with the A levels :) (or whatever you're doing now :P)
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