What do you live for?

Today I was talking with a friend.  Something I do quite often, actually.  Today we were sharing our hearts.  Funny things, humans, we’re so very human, and yet we forget everyone else is human too.  We have faults, failures and short-comings… but when others fall short of our expectations, we don’t seem to be as forgiving.  In this life, I have chosen a narrow path.  My life, while it may be criticized, scrutinized and analyzed by the world, it will be lived out for the glory of God; it’s Him alone that I seek to please.  It’s in Christ alone I place my trust; He is not human and cannot fail.  My faith is not dependent on the strength or weakness of any mortal man; on them we cannot depend.  If I live for God and trust in Him, my faith should not be dampened by the storms of uncertainty that surround me.  Though others may disappoint me, I cannot let it distract me.  I live for God, with or without the rest of these humans on earth!  My relationship with Him is not contingent on the success or failures of others.  He is all I need.  How quickly we humans give up on God, though He never once says “I guess that’s over, my child’s gone too far off course, no use counting on them”.   When a teenager is out past curfew, their father doesn’t say, “Well that’s disappointing, guess I’ll have one less child to count on my income taxes, won’t be seeing them again”. Nonsense, he has faith that his child is on his way. If the father knows it’s bad weather he has an extra portion of concern for his child as he waits for their returning entrance and embraces the wet teenager with a big hug when they come dripping in the door.  God waits up for His children to return home, He leaves the porch light on and the front door unlocked.  Though as humans we fail Him, we lose faith, and question if He’s still there, He never once loses faith in us!  He has never failed me; He is always there.  It’s my weakness and failures that reveals the beauty of His grace.  It’s through my weakness He makes me strong…. in my darkest night He becomes the morning light.  Although we get distracted by cares along the way, He reaches out His hand.  He’s still there.  He never left my side.  And He’s still guiding me on my way. What do you live for?

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