I feel out of sorts this morning. That often means I have some confessing to do with God but today feels different. Have I broken faith with God somehow? I can't put my finger on it.
And then, this stirring thought...Don't break faith with yourself.
Lately, I have been wondering--maybe wandering is the better word--whether I am on the right track with what I pour my life into, how I interact, where all this is headed. We all know Doubt Days but the real danger is when those days have a louder voice than the One we normally follow.
As I am pondering the admonition, Don't break faith with yourself, I "hear," Be gentle you.
My thoughts toward myself feel anything but gentle. Am I to conclude that there is a faith journey not just with God but with ourselves? Is it as tempting to walk away from as it can be to walk away from God?
Do we need to nurture our faith journey with ourselves with the same time investment and loyalty that we reserve for God? Would that make Him nearly as joyous as our faith walk with Him?
As parents, we desperately want our children to know how uniquely and wonderfully they are made for this world. Does God want us, on our Doubt Days, to remember that above all?
Today, I will try to remember...be gentle you...don't break faith with yourself.
Today, will you try to remember...be gentle you...don't break faith with yourself?
