this journey ... called life.

Sometimes, this journey isn't easy.

Oh really - who am I kidding?

It's never easy.

And if it is, well ... I was once told by Mac Bledsoe that if you've had an "easy" day ... you weren't teaching, or living.

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Most of the time you don't end up where you thought you would.

In fact, a lot of the time, the twists and turns and detours are as far from where you think you should be than you ever dreamed possible.

But every corner, every road, every path ... it's your journey.

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Some of us are waiting for a phone call.

That one phone call that might possibly change everything.

Some of us are fighting for life.

A life without pain, disease or suffering.

Some of us are searching for truth.

Truth that takes away any doubts or fears.

Some of us are planning for, hoping for, praying for a child.

A child that will rely on us for everything.

Some of us are praying.

Praying for a miracle, a chance, test results that are positive, test results that are negative, a sign from God.

Some of us are reading.

Reading about grace and faith and the life of Jesus and His followers.

Some of us are learning.

Learning that life is a journey.

• Traveling from one place to another.
• Passage or progress.

 ... and without our past, without the wait, without the planning and preparing and praying, without the trust  ...

then we're really not on a journey.

And as difficult and hard as parts of our journey may seem - they are our story. 

They're the chapters in our book of life.

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So, go ...

Start searching for those glimpses of God written on your pages.

Start uncovering those hidden treasures as you start another chapter.

Quit trying to make the story go your way.

Quit trying to fix everything.

And maybe, just like Mack, you'll begin to anticipate the turning of the next page, the change of characters, the hidden, but yet, ever present Hero of your story with excitement, with joy, with trust.

It's yours to live, so live it well.