Monday, September 1, 2003
Monday, September 1, 2003
The LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places,
and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water,
whose waters never fail.
When he talks about his successes, he describes early failures and lots of hard work. He says
of himself, "I don't have a gift for anything. I've only had a gift of pursuit." That is a gift I would
recommend to us all: the gift of pursuit.
If we have too many successes early in life, we think all of life will be that way. But it will not. Life
is hard. It is a marathon. And God will be with us every step of the way.
(Isaiah 58.11
NRSV)
Most of us would consider Paul Newman to be a gifted man! He has enjoyed a superb career
as an actor, and when he took up auto racing as a hobby, he proved to be extremely capable at
that. Some people are just born with a lot of ability. Right? Not according to Newman.
Dear Jesus, thank you for always guiding me and walking with me. Amen.
