The Journey

Building up my soul for the journey . 

Isn't that what we all want ? What we strive for as Christians ? We want to build up our soul for the journey , because we know that sometimes the journey hurts . Yes , hurts . 

The thing about starting a journey is that it can change midstream without you even being aware of it until well immersed in the middle of it . 

Our expectations develop of the way we think it will end or how we want this journey to end . We try to enhance it by fasting , volunteering , praying more or additional bible study . All of this in the hope that our journey will end successfully in our favor . 

The fact is , it never does . If it did , we all would be jumping up and screaming : 

I WANT A JOURNEY , LORD ! 

Being on a journey is hard . It's painful , it usually goes on the path you specifically told God you didn't want to be on . He must have misunderstood you to allow this to happen . You're absolutely sure of it . It must have been His off - day .

If we could sway  or predict the way our journey would end , it really wouldn't be much of one , would it ? Would there be a lesson learned ? A change for the better ? 

Building up my soul for the journey . 

Building something usually involves rolling up your sleeves and sweating . . . something that none of us like .

Have a Blessed day everyone .