"Stable Road"

Have you ever got to the point that you are so far off the path..you start feeling lost, although you don't really think you are lost? I have been feeling like that lately.

A few days ago, I was down at the YMCA Camp that I work at. Connie (friend) and I went on a evening walking since it was nice out. The camp has different roads..one that takes you to the cabins, lake, horse barn/stables, ect. Every road down at camp has a name relating to where it is and where it takes you. As Connie and I were talking, we passed a road sign that said "Stable Road". As you can guess, the road takes you to the stables, aka horse barn. Tonight, I read the sign in a different way then what everyone else would. Tonight, it was a great reminder that as you go through you Christian Walk, we need to keep on the Stable Road. As you get off the stable road, you start running into hills, valleys, and fallen trees. What are those three things going to do to you? Its going to slow you down and bring you trials to over come. There are going to be a point in time when you are going to fall and slide down the hill. Which brings me to something I had just I found on google.com

Weblog Reads:

For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. -Proverbs 24:16

Beyond the simple message of this verse, there’s also a hidden source of joy. A just and righteous man falls down seven times. Seven times!? Surely we are not beyond hope if we’ve fallen or struggled with something, if even a just man can fall seven times, and yet rise up again.

The joy comes in adjusting our expectations. Trouble comes upon the best of us: but it’s all in how we deal with our adversities that determine our character. For Jesus has said:

In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. -John 16:33

I want to encourage everyone to turn around and head back to the stable road. Once we get to the stable road, lets all run the race that the Lord has place before us!

Hebrews 12:1-3
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Thanks and God Bless You All,
Aaron