Who has not been in the woods and become aware of the babbling music coming from a brook as it bubbles over the rocks making little currents. Added to the song of birds, the buzzing of bees, and the wind blowing through the trees you have a beautiful melody to listen to. Sometimes the harmony is broken by a torrential rain storm that is punctuated by thunder, lightening, and winds that are no longer friendly. We run for cover thinking that this is an abuse to our right to a peaceful day in the woods.
Life is like this. When our stream of living seems to be without any impediments such as boulders to scale or rocks to climb we feel happy. We think that no challenge is a good thing. Then we tend to forget that it is in the valleys and in the storms that God blesses us with new understandings and personal growth.
The result is that we emerge and our life song is closer to the harmony that God planned for us from all eternity. If our personal rocks are removed the strean of our lives would not have a melody that is as sweet as it could be.
Think of this when your life seems fraught with pebbles. Remember to listen for the song of your brook as it flows over what you think to be stumbling stones. They just might turn out to be the building blocks of your life.
Thank you God for putting your stones and pebbles into the brooks of my life. Because these stones are there I am learning more about life and Your desires for me as I live it under the shadow of Your wings. Help me to hear Your voice in the stream and to understand what You are teaching me.
Amen.
Written by
Corinne Mustafa
2 comments:
That is such a beautiful illustration of how the challenges we face are all a part of God's plan, in making something beautiful out of our lives. In the end, we can pray that the rough rock we started out as becomes a smooth, lovely pebble in His hand, as we are changed by both the gentle waters and the rough storms of life. Thanks Corine! I know you've had some tough challenges lately in the area of friendships, but the lessons coming out of it are a benefit to us all, as you pour out what God is teaching you. ~Rebecca
Beautifully said! We may not enjoy the bumpy journey over the rocks, but knowing that those bumps are when our sharp edges can be smoothed and polished by our Father keeps me living on hope!
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