mindless carnival toys
Sometimes I feel like I’m lost, Lord. I can’t seem to see where I’m going for all the distractions around me. I head one direction, thinking that’s where you want me to go, only to find it gets me nowhere. I turn around and try again with the same result. I feel like I’m stuck and making no progress at all. Even at those moments when I see an opening and move in that direction, I am immediately bumped and jostled until I become disoriented again.
I am aware that I am but one in billions of people on this earth. Most of us are so busy going to and fro that we probably look like mindless carnival toys to you. We turn and bump, float and bob, sit and stare. In the end I wonder what we accomplish. We seem to go in endless circles.
Usually when this happens to me, Lord, I’m so busy looking for a path in front of me that I fail to look up. If I looked up, I would see your light. If I looked up at you, I would always have a point of reference, something to move toward. Today, help me to not get swallowed up by the bumping and confusion of life. Rather, help me focus on you, look in your face, and find hope. Amen.
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