Back on Track

Have you ever felt like a trail that has derailed?  I have.  I just looked back and it has been 40 days since I last posted.  I guess on September 13, my trail derailed and it has taken me this long to get "back on track".  Oh, how I have missed my writing and reading your wonderful comments.  I have thought so many times about sitting here and writing, but I just never seem to have the time.  (Or should I say, I haven't made the time.)  I am here to tell you that now that I am "back on track", I plan to stay here.

Why do you think sometimes it takes us so long to get "back on track" after we derail?  I know for me, it simply is ME.  I have no one or nothing to blame for this, just myself.  We are the only ones that are in control of what we do or don't do.  We are given the opportunities, but we don't take them.  We are given the resources, but we don't use them.  We are given the time, but we don't take it.  We are given the vision, but we don't see it.  Why? Are we afraid of failure or disappointment?  I can honestly say yes to both of those.  I am always afraid of being a failure or being a disappointment to my family and friends.  I am my own worst enemy.  But I learned tonight that I must release the burden of ME and I did.

I know that God has a plan and a purpose for my life.  I know that He wants to use me in a way that I have not yet discovered, but I am working on it.  He has made my life anew.  The last few weeks have been very trying for my flesh, but my spirit has been learning and being filled with God's word.  So even though I have been derailed, I have been being repaired.

There is so much more I want to write about, but I will close for now.  I would like to leave you with this, think about a time when you were "derailed".  Was it hard to get "back on track"?  Did you have the opportunity to have some repairs done?  If not, it is never to late to make those repairs to your life, all you have to do is ask Him.