Sunday Reflections- My Path

My path seems so wide Lord

Like a vast desert with no inclination

Of which way to turn,

I cry to You- set me on the narrow path.

Often my day begins with prayer, but I do take a little extra time on Sunday to reflect upon my prayers; to read scripture that will lead me to discerning the truth. I'm an awful tot. I think of myself as God's spoiled brat sometimes, lacking any gratitude and doing it my way. It always bugs me when I think of Jesus saying,' Go and sin no more.' I still haven't got that one. For myself it seems good enough to think go and sin a lot less. Why couldn't he have said that instead?

About these Sunday Reflections that I keep writing-

Well they are my reflections; they aren't a sermon, or a diatribe. They are just what I wake up to when I sit in my backyard or on my knees sometimes without words to express myself. When I'm done I've usually found the peace I seek, usually being the key word. And then I write about it. Why do I write about it? Well, for one, I'm a writer and that's what writers do. That's a talent that God has given me. Maybe I'm not Rudyard Kipling or Anne Rice but I feel writing is something I'm okay at and certainly it's a gift from God; my very life is a gift.

It isn't for the attention the articles get- in fact my Sunday Reflections get the lowest reader average of all my work. So why do I keep doing it? I don't know, to be honest. I don't know if it's helping anyone. I don't know if it pleases the Lord. There are certainly more qualified evangelists out there that have lived relatively pure lives and understand the Lord's word better than I do.

After all, I'm a great big sinner- shouldn't the 'good news' come from someone good? Hah, fortunately I don't have to worry about any of that stuff. I just hear this little voice inside me, saying write it, publish it and so I do. And that's really about all there is too it.

My Reflection (Yep, that's usually how it works for me- pray- reflect. In that order)

"He who is without sin, cast the first stone", So Jesus picked up a rock... Just kidding!
Of course he didn't. If you feel like God is hurling rocks at you, for being a sinner, think again. God is Love. And He loves us, just the way we are. "But what's love got to do with it?" in the immortal words of Tina Turner.

Everything; 'Faith, hope and love these three, but the greatest of these is love.' He calls us to love Him, but how do we do that? -And the King shall answer and say unto them, 'Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.'

It's in reverse order a few pages later, you know for emphasis; in other words if we haven't done it to the least of these, we haven't done it unto Him. That is how we show the Lord our love. The path- though narrow (because of our own selfish hearts) is clearly marked.

'Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.' Wow! Is it that simple? Well, it's simple but not easily done as we can all attest (if we are honest with ourselves.) We are a greedy lot. We are given talents each according to our own ability. Whatever the Lord has given to us, however big or small in our eyes, it can become great in His eyes depending on what we choose to do with it. God wishes for us to invest in Him. Investing in Him means investing in the lives of other people.

So that's what I got for my time spent communing with God this last Sunday. I prayed, I sought, and I listened. He answered (and quite clearly from my perspective- a few times just for emphasis).