Keep moving...

I was once again looking back through my journals this morning. As I read through the months of January and February over the last five years, I realized that this is a really strange time of year. The frenzy of the holidays is over. Spring fever is just on the verge of creeping in. The days are darker and usually colder. It is a reflective, calm time. 


I think that is why a lot of people struggle in the winter months. Everything stops. And we are not used to being still. Being quiet. Stopping long enough to think. When things slow down and the noise level is reduced, we can hear our own thoughts. Our own fears. Our own groanings.


But we must move forward. One foot in front of the other. Moving in a direction. That is what I always tell my girls. Keep going. Stay calm. Go forward. Not looking back. But keeping your eyes straight ahead. Do not look to the right or to the left but look up toward your Help.


I have had a pep talk with each of my girls in the last few days. Each one for different reasons. But each daughter has needed to be reminded of moving forward. Reminded what the goal is. Reminded that God has a plan especially for them. Custom made.


But while we are waiting on direction, wisdom and clarity, life is still happening. We must live each day and each moment even when things aren't clear. I read something I wrote on this day in 2008. It still applies today. So this is my advice to myself and my girls.

Keep your guard up!  

"Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Let your eyes look straight ahead., fix your gaze directly before you. Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil." Proverbs 4:23-27

Keep your mouth shut!  

"Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself  set on fire by hell." James 3:5-6

Keep your eyes open!  

"I lift up my eyes to the hills- where does my help come from? My help comes for the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth." Psalm 121:1-2

Keep your knees down! 

"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Moving forward today with my eyes looking up. Move in a direction my friends!