Roam

It is a nightly routine...someone puts him out, he stays for a while, does his business and then someone else lets him in ...especially if the night is to be a cold one. George the cat! So it was my job to let him back in...and usually he sits on the kitchen window sill and lets me know he is ready to come back in. He does have us trained. But last night was different..he was no where to be found and it was chilly. I went to the front door and the back door and called and called but to no avail. George had made his choice ....to roam. I went to bed thinking well he has his fur coat on and hopefully he will find shelter....but most of all I had hoped he would be safe.

We all get in that roaming mode at times...we roam away from what we know to be a safe environment, we roam away from people who we know love us, we roam away from authority, we roam away from routine, we roam away from responsibilities, we roam away from needless chatter...and sometimes we find ourselves roaming because our lives are so up in the air that we have no grounding place to land.

We wonder.. looking for something yet not knowing what it is. Something to peek our interest or maybe just something to instigate a change of environment...something that kindles a yearning fire within us that is being smothered....or maybe just maybe God is calling us to Himself..and we are being forced out of our comfort zone.... so that he can get our attention...through silence...an unconscious approach that he adheres to through his Holy Spirit. For it is through silence that we can develop an ear to hear God's whispers...and know of his nudges.

Wandering, is an avenue that I think God uses and allows to help us regather thoughts ...or contemplate life as it is today, replace dreams that have faded, or reestablish set goals that have become unclear....but most of all a time set aside for us to seek His will rather than try to come up with a self directed plan of our own.

Roaming, though it may seem of an adventurous state,...is also one of a restless state. For in roaming there is no security, no home base, no boundaries..We resort to silence even though we may not have sought it. When we are in that roaming wilderness, we either are able to have a closer view of God or we feel like we are further from God depending on our perspective...I know that sounds contradictory, but perspective, I am convinced, comes down to our faith...and our trust. If we feel further from God then don't you think it is because we are not hanging on to the truth and the promises that God has given us... God's perspective on us is not altered..he created us and loves us just as he has made us...and he sees the ultimate blessing of His masterpiece that we so often can not hardly imagine or accept to be true.

When we are roaming, we are unsettled, and find ourselves anxious and unsecured. It is our faith that is being tested. Do we trust God? Do we truly have a faith that gives us strength and courage in the midst of silence, or trails, or adversities?

Isaiah 40:3
A voice of one calling: "In the desert prepare the way for the LORD ; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God

God has a direction that he has called us to follow....when we stray from that direction...we lose sight of purpose and we also lose footing of God's plan. We find ourselves roaming with no real direction of what God has for us to do next. I feel like I am roaming right now...seeking God's direction and trying to reestablish what His goal is for my life. He will answer me no doubt...but for now I treasure the silence...I treasure the reassurance through my faith that God will answer my quest for purpose but I must wonder a bit until he does. The silence is good...but each of us who have found ourselves wondering must be careful to not get stuck and planted in complacency.

We may roam...and we may wait but that does not give us permission to stop
living day to day for God and through Him. It may be years before God gives me another passion...But as I allow Him to decide what it is he has for me to do do next ...I will carry with me my home base of Faith....and be content to embrace this day that he has given me, looking for His opportunities and rejoice in them.

George was sitting on the kitchen window sill this morning...just waiting... safe and starved. I was glad to open the door for him to come in. The difference is that when I am roaming...God always know just where I am....and Home....is...well home is where God is...even in the wilderness.

Dear Lord, Thank you for keeping your eyes on us no matter where we may roam. Help us to see you clearly and seek you faithfully in our journeys and know that whwreeve we are...you are with us. Amen

Praise God wherever you are or whatever situation he has allowed you to be in...for His glory will shine through.

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