With numerous dogs running about the place, I also
have numerous water bowls spread about and these numerous dogs, drinking
from their numerous bowls often leave numerous muddy footprints on the
floor with all their slurping and lapping. And all these muddy
footprints can at times nearly drive me to distraction. I fret and groan
and believe it or not can even slide into a regular temper tantrum as I
mop and dry and mop and dry and mop and dry only to have to mop and dry
again.
One day however I was just too busy with other things to
get frantic over muddy footprints in the dog room and I learned
something very valuable. If I just left the muddy prints for awhile they
dried up of their own accord and turned into sand which was easily swept
away. Dahhh, I said to myself, all this fretting over something as silly
as a bit of mud when all I needed to do was leave it alone and it would
basically take care of itself.
My oh my, and how often do we find
ourselves fretting and sweating and stewing over everything from
something as small as muddy footprints on the floor right on up to
global warming, world recession and the second coming of Christ. And yet
as Jesus has said:
"Who of you by worrying can add a single hour
to his life?" Matthew 6:27 NIV
Mmmmm, now that's a truth worth
thinking about isn't it? And perhaps this might be another truth as
well, even though Jesus didn't say it: Maybe if we took more time to pay
attention to following the footprints of Jesus as they trail throughout
the Scriptures dispersing their wisdom along the way, we would discover
that all our worries and concerns, like the muddy footprints on my floor
would simply fade away into a forgotten pile of old memories.
Prayer: Father God, forgive us for our worrying, fretting ways.
Encourage our hearts and minds to follow the footprints of Jesus and his
wisdom that our trust will be wholly centered on you and not the muddy
footprints of this world. In Christ's name we ask. Amen.
Lynne
Phipps Atlin BC
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