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I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way;
I will guide them down paths they have never traveled.
I will turn the darkness in front of them into light,
and level out the rough ground.
This is what I will do for them.
I will not abandon them. Isaiah 42:16
“I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way…”
Eight years ago I left my home of 21 years and moved to Iowa. I came for college, and never expected to stay very long. Being in a classroom after being homeschooled all my life was a brand new experience. I was nervous about all the unknowns. But I didn’t go alone. God brought me with the promise that he would lead me in a new path. I soon learned the ropes and loved it. Those four years in school were an amazing time in my life. I’m a self-professed learning geek and four years after graduation I still miss the research papers. Yup.
Now I’m married to a godly man, we serve together full time in the church, and we have two-going-on-three children. We are building our home together and it’s all the things I once dreamed about.
But at the same time, it’s nothing like I dreamed about. Four years into ministry and raising a family and being a housewife, every day I face things that seem to blindside me. I thought I knew a lot about this life I was getting into…yet I’ve discovered that it really is a “path I’ve never traveled.”
I’ll be turning 30 this year and I finally realize that no matter what your expectations are, life rarely plays out like you think – whether you’re expecting good or bad. The God who plans out our days doesn’t promise predictability. But he promises to be our guide in the ups and downs and unexpected turns of our road.
Do you ever feel like life is just dark? God promises to turn our darkness to light.
Do you feel like you keep tripping on your path? You can’t seem to stay on your feet? God promises to level out the rough ground before us.
Do you often feel alone? God says, “I will not abandon you.”
He is our leader, and that gives us a confidence when nothing else seems certain or familiar.
“I am your God, your guide through life
Your Everlasting friend.
On Me for life, for works, for grace,
On Me for all depend.” – unknown