"The Journey Onward"

 ""Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool." (Ecclesiastes 10:3 KJV) 

  "So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin. You won't spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God. You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy - their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols." (1 Peter 4:1-4 NLT)

 Most importantly, I feel that reading our Bibles, not only helps to give us the ability to listen more, but it also gives us the ability to care less about ourselves, and more about others. I know we get sidetracked by work and our everyday lives; the awkwardness of trying to make our lives seem normal; but we must try hard to remember: We are not normal! We are citizens of Heaven, pilgrims here, and waiting to go home!

 Try telling that to the person you might be working for, and see where that gets you, most likely in the line at the unemployment office. Hopefully you can understand what Solomon is getting across, because every one of us that gets upside-down and falls apart, we must come to our senses, at one point or another, and realize that our own wisdom is foolishness to the Lord; we need the wisdom that comes from God!!!

 If you haven't learned this by now, you might need to step back, stop what you are doing, and ask God to take the wheel; because our ways of finding the road or learning by mistakes, will just end up causing harm to yourself and others. God's ways are always simple; ridiculously simple! Don't touch that, and don't allow yourself to go that way; little things that don't require much thought but also shouldn't involve a whole lot of thinking!  

 The more we think about the things God will tell us to do, the more we add to it the things that are what shouldn't be done...

"For God has imprisoned everyone in disobedience so he could have mercy on everyone. Oh, how great are God's riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways! For who can know the LORD'S thoughts? Who knows enough to give him advice? And who has given him so much that he needs to pay it back? For everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen." (Romans 11:32-36 NLT)