Right Before Our Eyes

 

Right Before Our Eyes

Walking in step with my friend, in the midst of rapid conversation I nearly stumbled and fell as she stopped suddenly on the deep wooded trail.

There to our surprise was a fork on the trail and the dependable forest service maker showing us the way we go was nowhere to be seen.  We were new visitors to this part of the Olympic Mountains and to this trail and before I knew it the sharp ping of fear shot through me.

My friend said with agitation, “The note back at the rental cabin said to follow and enjoy the easy trail to the waterfalls, you’ll love it.”

“Which way do we go now?” my friend asked me. “If we take the wrong one it could lead us off for miles in the wrong direction and we didn’t bring any water with us. It’s getting hot out here. We need a sign— like right now!”

 

“The LORD is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made.

The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.”

Psalm 145:17 NIV

The sun beat down and our emotions got hotter in the heat of indecision.   Should we quit and turn around and could we easily see the trail going back to the cabin? We had been visiting so much we hadn’t really pay any attention to the trail we had just come counting on it to bring us back again.

I whispered an urgent prayer to God for help.  “We need a sign, Lord, one from You or one to find our way!”  

That’s when I looked down on the path up ahead, the one that curved to the left shouting, “Look at those rocks over there. Someone piled one on top of the other, like a marker and over there, more rocks lined up like an arrow pointing the way. How did we not see them before? They were right before our eyes?”

 

When we’re not certain which way to go on trails in the deep forest or surprised by trials and unforeseen circumstances, it’s with confidence we can count on God to hear our prayers. He will hasten to assure us He is right by our side, and even open our eyes to see what was unseen before, may be right before our eyes!

 

“Right Before our Eyes” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries© January 28, 2015