Life's Pathway

Sometimes life's pathway can be something like this-

-small steps, big steps

bright sunny times when everything's coming up roses 

or dry, thirsty times in which good soil is so easily compromised...

times when we need support like the climbing rose...

...or times when we can just ramble along...

sometimes we're a sweet fragrance 

....but sometimes we're more like the pungent odor of fish fertilizer, 

....no matter what life's circumstances happen to be,

we choose to embrace the race set out for us and pray earnestly that we will not fall behind through:

discouragement, 

   misunderstandings, 

      selfishness, 

         pride, 

            rebellion,

or through:

    hardness of heart, 

      an unforgiving spirit,  
         indifference and distractions...

...nor do we want to settle for defeat and give up and so lose the prize...

...so reassuring and comforting to know that God knows us

...He loves us all the time...He sees us and hears us...

almost unbelievable 

but it is true 

You have made known to me the path of life, 

you will fill me with joy in your presence, 

with eternal pleasures at your right hand. 

Psalm 16:11 NIV