Fog-bound
Theme of the Week: Destiny and Detours
Sunday, January 1, 2006
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Who Said It…Jerome Daley
Jerome Daley pursues the passion of his life—intimacy with God and people—in partnership with his wife, Kellie. Through oneFleshministries, the Daleys speak, write, and lead worship. In a culture that says go, go, go, Jerome's book When God Waits challenges us to wait, wait, wait, looking for God's hand in unexpected places. Jerome likes to return—with his three children or alone on writing retreats—to the house his grandfather built in a Blue Ridge Mountain town.
What He Said…Fog-bound
As the fog hung close for two days, cabin fever struck, and I launched out for an eerie yet inticing morning walk. I could see 20 or 30 feet in front of me, enough visibility to follow the path on its circuit through woods and meadow.
I soon realized I was relying heavily on my sense of hearing to observe what was going on around me: the crows cawing obnoxiously, the wind whistling quietly along the ridges, hammers falling in the distance as work progressed on a new house, an occasional car creeping cautiously through the mist. Funny, I thought, how much we rely on our vision when we can see, but then how automatically we listen more intently when we can't see.
Fog, huh? Not unlike this season of waiting. I can see far enough ahead to keep walking but not enough to know what lies ahead or on either side. I can't envision much of what lies beyond two or three months ahead. So I must listen more intentionally to all the sounds that may convey God's voice.
Adapted from When God Waits (WaterBrook, 2005) by permission.
Copyright © 2006 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine. Click here for reprint information on Men of Integrity. 1 of 1
Lord, decrease my preoccupation with my destination and increase my concern for the process You are using to shape my character.
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