Where To?

Where To?

Taxi? Taxi?

Where to ma’am? Please “take me to the other side of town, just as fast as you can…”

Ok maybe I’m the only one who remembers the lyrics to that old blues song!

Some people run in circles, like dogs, chasing their own tales. Some run to men and/or women looking for that missing link. We have all been guilty at some point or another of looking for love in all the wrong places.

I thought, before last night, that looking within was the answer. Besides I’ve been touted as a woman of wisdom, with a keen sense of direction. I am a woman who knows what she wants and is persistent in her pursuit of it (whatever that “it” may be). I looked in the back pocket of my mind, thinking maybe I hid a little note there to self: “Self, here are the keys of life which should open most, if not all, doors!” HA! Yep none of those keys worked. Let me search my heart. My heart has always seemed true, even when my mind appeared to be playing tricks on me. Heart, show me the meaning of love. Help me to express your desires in all that I say and do. Again, I have come up short of what I thought I was doing so well on my own power and strength. Insufficient in making the mark, depleted in showing the yearning that I have to love and be loved by those closest to my heart. What am I doing wrong, and who can I turn to when I need love?

In a word, “JESUS!” He is a strong tower! A place of refuge in the time of storms! In His shadow there is rest! I also know that in the shadow of God is a cool place. Not just cool like the kids proclaim, but cool against the heat of life! Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego- of the Old Testament- can attest to Him being a place of cool comfort, when thrown in the fire! Some of us are in the fire right now! He is a savior, who is capable of rescuing us from the bleakest of situations. I urge you today, as I encourage myself, to look to God. My friend, sister, brothers, reader look no further! The answer is not in your own strength, but in God’s strength which is made perfect in our weakness! He knows each situation and is waiting for us to pursue Him. If we seek first the kingdom of God and all His righteousness, He will give us our heart’s desires!

Love you,