It's not the boulders in our path....

Do you ever get totally bogged down by life? No, there's no crisis -- family is healthy, you haven't gotten laid off, bills are paid, but there is an underlying current of restlessness, of discontent. I once heard in a sermon given by a local Rabbi that it's not the boulders in our path that slow us down but the pebbles in our shoes. My shoes are full of pebbles (no small feat since I've had to wear flip-flops since my toe nail was removed).

Don't we all experience the aggravation of those little pebbles; office politics, car trouble, an expense we weren't counting on, a recalcitrant teenager, a grumpy neighbor? These pebbles rob us of our serenity, our peace of mind more than a crisis does. Why is it so easy to turn to God for the big stuff but feel that we can handle the pebbles on our own? Do we think that God has better things to do than listen to our whining or are we saving God for that tragedy (like He was some lucky rabbit's foot) that might occur down the road. God wants to give us peace in all things. God gave us an anology of pebbles in our shoes in the Song of Solomon 2:15, just like the little foxes can ruin the vineyard so can those pebbles!

So after a restlesness night I woke this morning determined to shake off this bogged down feeling. This afternoon I am going to walk down to Bayshore, take off my shoes and count out those pebbles one by one and, as I throw them into the bay, I will cast my cares upon Him for I know, with absolute certainty, He cares for me!

7casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7