This weekend, I decided to do something crazy. Can you guess what it is? Okay here’s the picture…
I went to the beach! This was an absolute first for me. Of all my years of living near the water, I have never, and I mean NEVER been to the beach during the winter. I have never even seen the boardwalk covered in snow!
When I stepped onto the boardwalk (which to me seemed like the first time) I was amazed. In my mind it looks the same way all year-long.
Clear.
Nope, apparently, the impression that I had in my mind was removed and replaced by something more magical and breathtaking.
For the first time, I saw winter at the beach and I loved it!
It’s a silly thought, but I never really thought about the beach in the winter. In my mind, winter never comes to the beach, but I’m glad to have experienced it, and found something positive to dwell on during all these storms.
I look at the snow on the boardwalk, and we started to walk all I can think about was:
If you ever walked on these boardwalk (or any boardwalk), you know that the boards could be slightly uneven, nails could be somewhat out-of-place, and you can easily trip. With the snow added to this mix, you cannot help but walk by faith.
You cannot see where your foot is going, and you do not know if you will fall.
But regardless, you plant your foot down, and you walk. One step after the other.
How beautiful is that? You know that God will watch you while you make every move, and every move we must trust in God.
We cannot plan everything. We cannot plan every step we make.
We have to learn how to walk by faith, not by sight.
Our road may not always be clear, but if we walk by faith, and not by sight we will be alright.
Prayer:
Dear Lord, we know that we cannot make every decision alone. We understand that all things are in your hands. For things that we are uncertain about, let us walk by faith and not by sight. Cannot know every possible outcome, and therefore we must trust our faith in you. Remind us Lord that it is not a sign of weakness to lay our problems at your doorstep, but it is a sign of strength in you.
Amen.
What decisions have you made this week by faith?
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I love your Sunday posts. They make me think about my relationship with God. If I am walking in faith. If I’m not what I need to do so. But most of the time, I try to put everything in His hands. If I didn’t I would have lost faith in this world, this life, a long time ago.
Thank you so much Carla for sharing your thoughts with me. I am so blessed to share my faith, and perspective of my faith on my blog on Sundays. A long time ago, I was thinking about removing this series since it wasn’t well received (or so I thought), but then I was informed by so many readers that they missed it!
I know what you mean by putting everything in God’s hands. He handles so many things that we cannot begin to understand or process. Just doing that alone has restored hope in humanity. 🙂 I hope you have a great week!
Beautiful Kalley, picture and expressions. I never gave winter at the beach a thought until reading this! Happy Sunday!
Thank you Joi! You know, even know I live by the beach, and I wouldn’t think to go there in the winter. I’m so happy that I had! Wishing you a great week!
Beautiful! I’m from the coast and you’re absolutely right – it has never dawned on me to go to the beach in the winter time. This is a gorgeous picture! Walking by faith seems to summarize my journey for 2014! I’m excited about the possibilities and trusting God to lead me in the right direction personally and professionally. Have a fantastic week!
Isn’t it amazing when we just step out and say…I wonder… I love just doing things that I wouldn’t have thought of doing before. That’s me being bold hahaha! You are off to an amazing Journey this year, especially on your blog! Sending positive vibes your way! I hope you have a great week too!
Now this is a truly novel concept, Kalley: a beach in winter, with snow covering it. It’s beautiful! Look at how God creates beauty in each season. Thanks for having the presence of mind to apply the concept of faith to that experience.
I know! It’s breathtaking! I had never thought in a million years that it would be so pretty! God does create beauty in every season. We may not like the work that each season brings (raking in the fall, shoveling in the winter, sweating in the summer, and sneezing in the spring) but His work is beautiful and good.
That has been a major challenge for me, thanks for the reminder Kalley!! 🙂
You’re very welcome Christina!
This sounds silly, but I don’t mean it to. This week when I paid bills I was walking by faith. We’ve been behind and we’re trying to catch up. I’ve been putting off a few bills, but I finally had the plan to just pay parts of all of them instead of worrying about picking which one to pay. I have faith that will be a step in the right direction!
I stepped out on faith on something yesterday. Sometimes that’s all you can do!