Saturday, March 8

When I was a little girl, my Grandpa showed me how to read a map. North was at the top. Some of the lines were big roads, some smaller, and some were railroads. Lakes were blue. Airports were marked with an airplane. The index could help me find even the smallest town - down to G and over to 13 - and there it was!

Then came Mapquest! I could tell Mapquest where I was starting and where I was going -- hit “PRINT” - and out would come pages of directions! Some trips would be many pages of directions -- and woe to the navigator who got the pages mixed up!

And now we have GPS navigation. Siri now guides me turn by turn, traffic light by traffic light, intersection by intersection. Sometimes Siri even knows when a road has construction. “You have reached your destination!” Siri proclaims.

As great as technology is at guiding me to my next destination - the path for my LIFE is often far less clear. Should I apply for that job or enroll in school? Should I move -- or should I stay?

At a time when I was really searching for God’s path for my life,
a friend taught me a way to pray for clarity. It was called a breath
prayer -- a mantra to be prayed again and again. Following the process, I was led to pray, “Show me your way, oh God.” I prayed it multiple times each day -- hundreds of times. I would find myself praying it even when I had not consciously remembered to pray.

Eventually God made known to me the path of life -- the path for my life. The puzzle pieces came together. As I continued to pray about it, I got confirmation after confirmation that this was God’s path of life -- for me.