5/03/2005 07:47:00 AM|||Laura|||Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD! Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way. All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
(Psa 25:4-10 ESV)
Morpheus told Neo, "Sooner or later, you are going to learn, just as I did, that there is a difference between KNOWING the path and WALKING the path." As a Christian, I've found it's so much easier to know the path, and to give other people directions on how to get to the path and follow it, than to do it myself. The bible may not have "Don't Panic" in large friendly print on the cover but it IS the ultimate Guide, constantly updated in its application by the Holy Spirit, and critical to knowing the path. Pursuing holiness in my everyday life - the ongoing process of sanctification that Christians undergo - is a thousand decisions a day. Everything from hitting the snooze alarm or getting up and doing a bible study before work, to expressing myself without resorting to profanity, to what to eat and wear, to what media choices I make... walking the path is exhausting and exhilarating. Today I'm thanking God for the privilege of the journey.|||111521288779808437|||Knowing the Path and Walking the Path