It’s An Adventure!
 

It’s An Adventure!

Joel 2:25-26: “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten… You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, you will praise… your God, who has worked wonders for you.”

“I’ve worked and struggled away so many years,” shared my friend. “My relationships are damaged. I haven’t been true to myself or become the person God created me to be. My mind and body feel fried. And I’m angry. I wonder if I will ever be whole and happy again.”

Some of us have experienced severe pain as a result of our perfectionistic and workaholic lifestyles. Perhaps we thought if we’d just try harder, everything would have to get better. But we’re disappointed. Our hopes are tarnished, and our dreams eaten up by destructive “locusts.”

Sometimes it is difficult to believe that life will ever be different. The ache is so deep, the scars so disfiguring. Could our desolate personal fields destroyed by the destructive locusts of our past ever be lush again?

God promises those of us who choose to believe him, that he will repay us for the destructive years. We cannot begin to guess how he will accomplish this. All we can do is let go, trust, and let him to work his wonders. It’s an adventure worth our faith.

Lord, sometimes I’m so afraid.
But I want to trust you.
Work your wonders in my tangled up life.

Joan C. Webb

This reminds me of the saying, "Recovery is a journey, not a destination." Enjoy the view, take detours around things that aren't good for you, be willing to change, and what use to work, may not work any more, so you need to find an alternative route, which all makes for an adventure. You are not alone on your journey, unless you choose to be.