Do you ever think about the things God does and does not give you. I was just wondering today about how as a child I used to pray for wisdom. I expected Him to make me wiser. It wasn't until I was much older that I realized He didn't make me wiser but gave me His wisdom. That's why when I pull away from Him, I usually wind up feeling like a complete idiot. Any wisdom that anyone finds in me is from Him. If I push Him away then I also push away wisdom and so much more. I push away love, peace, kindness, patience, hope, charity. Without Him I truly am nothing. But with Him there is nothing I can't do. Provided of course that what I want to do is what is best for me. Sometimes I admit it is a bit like I walking around in a catch 22, but really once I am through something and look back it all makes sense. The trick, if you can call it that, I guess is in letting God take me down the path and not in trying to lead Him down it. He knows whats up ahead. He knows everyone and everything they have ever been through. I don't. So to be able to walk in His light I have to give up mine to Him.
The sun is starting to go down and I always equate the sunset with telling God goodnight and thanking Him for the day. And I think of the sunsets as His good night to me. I feel so blessed at these moments as if I am truly sitting with Him watching the sun of his creation set and wondering about my day. Maybe talking to Him about it or just sitting quietly beside Him and contemplating what has or has not happened and wondering what tomorrow might bring. I think of that Life Savers Commercial, where the dad and little girl are sitting watching the sunset and after it's over she asks him to do it again. And with God He does....
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