Retracing Your Steps.
At some point in life we have all lost something. A set of keys, our wallet, purse, ring, watch you name it. After the initial frustration of it not being where we "know" we left it we begin the process of the hunt.
Now the process often goes like this. Mentally we begin the process of remembering the last time we saw it and if it is not there we begin retracing our steps in hopes of finding whatever it is. Place after place we work our way physically and mentally in hopes of finding that place where we and the object we have lost are reconnected. Retracing our steps is usually the way we find what we have lost.
As i thought about this whole process it downed on me that the same is true when it comes to our faith. It seems in life that there are times, seasons if you will, when we become seperated from our faith. A time in life when we feel we have lost contact with God. It may be due to the fact we simply have drifted away from our relationship to Him allowing sin to create the sense of sepeartion, being lost if you will. It is not something that happens overnight but it is situation where we wake up one day and realize that something is lost, something way more imporatnt than keys, a wallet or a purse. In a moment such as this we need to sit down and go through an honest process of retracing our relational steps with God. In our mind we need to go back to the place and time where we knew we were together. We then need to retrace our steps from that point and see where exactly we began to drift. What happened or what did we begin to do, or not do, that eventually gave us that feeling that we have become lost or seperated from God. As we begin to see where this happened, we simply need to ask God to forgive us. In reality he is never lost, nor are we for long when we turn to Him for help. Do you need to retrace your steps back to a faith in God you have lost?
posted by Billy E. Mauldin, Jr. @ 2:14 PM
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Billy once again I am sitting here reading this in awe. Last fall it seemed as though I were as close to God as I had ever been. My family were all in tune with following God's direction and we all shared the same passion in wanting to be more like Jesus. The opportunity I had to go with Bill to Richmond with MRO and spending time with Morgan Shepherd, and Bill and all the others that we met down there I found myself seemingly rising to a new height that I had previously though was unobtainable. However, in January after our churgh had lost our pastor whom we all felt very close to, and the impending 5th surgery on my knee, I found myself running with people that I used to call friends (before giving my life to Christ) and pulling away from Jesus and all that was right. It was mearly a span of just a few days, however, in that short of time I found a way to hurt everyone close to me, I am sure that my God wept the most, as I know what those closest to me went through. I could care a less to be associated with those that bring me down to that level anymore, and I know what poison the enemy has cursed me with in the form of alcohol. I have found my way back to my lord and saviour, for it is in he that I find all of my strength, and unfortunately my weaknesses as well. I have spent more time with my Bible than ever before in my life, and church every Sunday brings me great joy in my heart and soul. I know my place in this world is in bringing more people to see what a glorious friend we have in Jesus Christ, and I look forward to every new challenge. I look forward to getting the chance to work with Bill and the folks at MRO again this year, and hope to one day meet you as well. I find such inspiration in all that I read that you post on here, and thank you for sharing it with us all.
God Bless,
John B
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