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| Years
are circles, and it took five of them for me to see the worthlessness
of the world's baubles and the great surpassing value of knowing the
eternal God of Love. |
| Photograph by Graham Cooper |
The years pass and I find myself coming around to seeing the value of things I left behind. I am like the children of Israel wandering in the wilderness, wasting time and suffering because of their own willful blindness.
I left the boredom of the countryside for the big city lights, and I exchanged my marriage for singleness and "glamour." Then, turning my back on God, I went out instead to gather the trinkets of this world.
How does pain make the lights come on?
Years are circles, and it took five of them for me to see the worthlessness of the world's baubles and the great surpassing value of knowing the eternal God of Love. It is quite humbling to realize one's own foolishness.
It took six painful circles (years) to bring me back around to love and appreciate and renew my vows to the wonderful man I had left behind.
Many years have come and gone since those lessons were learned. Now here I am again, older but still learning, and about to complete yet another circle in my life. My husband and I have been out traveling around the beautiful countryside in the Ozarks, near the university where we were so many years ago. We are looking for a place of peace and serenity to enjoy our retirement years - together. It's funny how our outlook changes.
After the Israelites learned their lesson, they (actually their children) were able to move on to the land of promise. Is God watching you travel in circles too, waiting for you to learn a lesson and heed His voice?
"Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion" Hebrews 3:15.
Copyright Daphne Harrington 2000