Socks...

I was thinking the other day...people could really find a lot out about me if they just looked at my feet...I am almost never bare foot...one foot bares several scars and the other looks extremely common place in comparison...one foot will ache when the weather changes drastically, while the other trudges along acting as it should....one I cannot stand to have touched, while the other just doesn't get touched...such an odd reflection of my life...I realizing that I'm living my life with socks on all the time. On th done hand, they are soft and comfortable, slightly protective, and give me a sense of security. On the other hand, I rarely feel the cool wood floor under my feet, the prickling grass; I rarely experience this life with bare feet. It starts to make you wonder what kind of life experiences you are missing out on, and then does it really matter? Just a curious observation...a small consistent action in my life seems to reflect the bigger whole...seems like I need to take the socks off a little more often and feel what is under my feet...truly experience that ground I'm standing on and trust the next step will be protected and planned out for me....

In the middle

So, I guess all of this will start in the middle. I'm always amazed at how quickly the time passes. I'm also amazed at how much I choose to focus on things completely out of my control. I am always anxious for the future and need to be more concerned with the present. Hence the title of my blog. Several years ago, I was in a Bible study and we were talking about Psalm 119:105...

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path. (Psalm 119:105 ESV)

This verse struck me differently as I read it multiple times...He will light my path as I move along, but my feet will only be visible throughout my journey. What a tremendous amount of faith it takes to move through this life He has provided. I struggle daily with not knowing where this path will lead. I want so badly to see what is ahead and in the process I miss what is right in front of me. There is so much I want...and so much more that I have yet to learn...