It is a fine line we must walk between seeking self-determined objectives and seeking God's will.
Relying on self-determined objectives is like relying on a boat without a rudder. They give us that wanted sense of security ("I am so lucky that I've got this boat!") but they take us into eddies, over falls, into stagnant waters...and, on that rare occasion, to our desired port. Where, too often, we find their true colors are brown and puce...giving us our misbegotten proof that there is no God...to whom we haven't listened in years. Talked at a lot, forgot to listen.
Back to that fine line that we must walk...it is necessary in life to have a realistic idea of who we are, where we are, who and where we want to be, and then to aim in that direction. The tripwire being the word "realistic." That's where our life work begins. Getting a realistic idea of our own self...getting real so to speak.
This truly is a lifetime work. Because, if we're doing it right, we will change...sometimes it seems like we will change about four minutes after we find out who we are and where we want to be. Which doesn't necessarily mean we did it wrong to begin with...or maybe it does mean that and that wrong way was necessary to our spiritual growth. A lot of my wrong ways were the result of my not asking God for his directions, thus becoming the roundabout way I needed to take to get me where I am today.
And today I'm just as happy as if I had good sense. Which proves there is no wrong way to get to God.
Thank you.
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