Is. 48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.............
I awoke this morning after a wonderful series of dreams all with one recurring theme , restoration of friendships of long ago. I now have a melancholy gratefulness for the extra sleep that was deep enough for me to dream yet I can't help myself from asking, " What does this mean Lord?"
This past year has been full of new friendships and old friendships restored. It has been astonishing and wonderful, yet very painful at times, to see where I have been and the good or bad that I have also done.
Did I really hurt so and so that badly that they did such and such? Yes , I did. Those realizations were hard pills to swallow to say the least. On the same note, did I really make such a difference in that person's life that they overcame that horrible pain in their life? Yes, you did , and with that I am suddenly aware of my individual uniqueness.
My heart's cry became , "Father, how did I get here, and why didn't you stop me when I did wrong and then only allow me to do good?"
This is the scripture He spoke to me:
Is. 48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.............
What? You lead me here? Of course I understood that my behavior at the places He led me were my own doing but , here, where I am today, is where He led me to be.
God, Ha Shem, Yahweh, the Redeemer, Jesus Christ, is bigger than your mistakes and orchestrator of your victories. He leads us in the way we should go , it is our choice whether we follow or not.
Lead on Lord, lead on.
