Worth It

We grumble about the place we are in or we cry out to God as to why He has placed us in this circumstance, why and do we really have to do the hard thing and we wonder in frustration and desperation, "Is it worth it?".  Is the struggle, the pain, walking by faith when everything and everyone says the opposite way is the way, the hurt, trusting in the unseen and leaving the tangle for something we ourselves aren't sure will come to pass - Is it worth the humbling process and dying of self and pride, risking it all in a leap of faith, is it worth our comfort? 
 But what if He called us here just for that encouraging word to that someone? Or prophetic word into a wondering life? What if He put us in that circumstance to show His love to that person though us? That He wanted to show this person His power, might, love mercy and saving grace through our life story, He chose us to be living proof? Picture those people who you have spoken those words, talked to casually but it meant the world to them, the ones who God has placed in your life. Can we look into their eyes, each one, one by one, each face, let it capture you and steal your heart. Now, are they worth it?

Living Proof

I am a pilgrim, a weary traveler who has traveled though my past, reclaiming ground that I once lost. I have visited past hurts and sorrows, regrets and betrayals and rewrote the ending to read "redeemed". 

I live a sojourners life, scattered abroad the earth in lands that I do not call my home. Living out a life moving forward, and taking the next step my Author and Finisher of my faith writes, wherever that might be; on Mt. tops, downslopes, over countless hills and just as many valleys. 

My heart cries out for true worship and my soul longs for the supernatural. I am living proof my Redeemer redeems.