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Thursday, July 21, 2011

The Long And Winding Road

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Today continues our theme that the Beatles can teach us about true love.  This is more melancholy than yesterday’s song.  He is still waiting for his love.  Yet all roads lead him back to her no matter how many paths he may have thought he had chosen.  It is clear that he has been through storms and pain and cried many tears over this woman.  It has not been an easy road for them.  He has tried to move on but is powerless to do so where she is concerned.  You can feel his struggle.  What he wants the most is for her to show him how to love her.  He wants to be welcomed back into her life.  Since I am a sucker for happy endings, I always picture her opening the door and them living happily ever after.  But that’s just me.

How does this apply to your life spiritually?  I think your faith is the long and winding road of your life.  There are times you are on the path.  You have a plan and you and God are going places.  Other times, you are in the ditch is a monsoon.  You might even have times when you are angry with God and send Him on His way.  Those times are OK too.  At least it is authentic.  There may be times when you make decisions you are pretty sure God objects to.  But still He leads you back to the long and winding road of your walk together.

I would be full of baloney if I told you that you were supposed to be the perfect believer and never struggle or sin or choose to walk away.  That is not real life.  What I can tell is that I think it is easier to get back on the path than we make it out to be.  The worst thing we can do is say, I am so far off the path I won’t ever get back on.  I don’t think we can outsin God.

Today, look around the path.  Are you in a peak and valley?  Know that we are on the long and winding road with you….and that it does lead to God.  And lead those who love you on your own path to your door.


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