Jack, Andy and I were on our way into our favorite shopping place here in Cedar, that's right, the local walmart. Anyhow, we were on our way in and it is cold so we are clipping along. I was holding Andy and Jack ran on ahead. I watched him as he hurried through the parking lot and made his way up to the front door. Something that Jack is passionate about is using the proper door at the store. There is an exit and an entrance. Well, he was heading straight for the exit door at a good rate of speed and he was kind of focused on the ground in front of him. As he got to the sidewalk just before the door he looked up saw that it was the exit and immediately cut to the left hard and fast. As I approached the store with Andy in my arms I was laughing to myself. I simply enjoy the amusing things that kids do and I get a kick out of Jack and some of the things he does.
Sometimes in our own lives we can be running along, focused on nothing but the ground in front of us only to look up and quickly find that we are about to do, or are doing something that we really don't want to do. We may very easily be on a collision course, unable to stop in time or change direction. As simple as it is for many of us to mix up the entrance and the exit door at Walmart and really think nothing of it, Jack would have been upset about it. Likewise when we make a bad decision or find ourselves doing something we really don't want to do we will be upset about it. We will want to change direction. Fortunately we have that opportunity. It may require sore repentance or it may be rather simple, in either case we will be strengthened by the Lord when we do what is right.
I will always remember a lesson President Armstrong taught us in the Mission Field about spiritual drift. He spoke about sea kayaking in Port Elizabeth and how he would ride the waves near a river mouth. The currents were strong there and when he would look up he might find that he had drifted quite a distance from where he needed to be. He would identify the location on the beach that he needed to be lined up with and would begin paddling back towards that location. Paddling back was often quite hard as he had to fight the current and opposition. Though it was a difficult task he would eventually line back up with where he needed to be. He recognized that if he kept a constant watch on the beach and where he needed to be lined up. By focusing and working towards that position everyday we are able to stay lined up which is exactly where we need to be. The prophets are who we line ourselves up with.
Well that is my rambling for today. Grateful for these little lessons in life.
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