step...step...step

i have been in a 'mountain reading' mood lately. blogs, forums, books... i have been missing the mountains and have the desire to do some serious, long, contemplative hiking. since the closest thing i have to mountains here at home is the hill we take the boys sledding on, reading will have to do.

i think the idea of 'journey' is something that i really relate to right now in life. we may not always know what the end will exactly be or even what the final destination is, but part of the enjoyment and meaning and fulfillment is the road getting there. i feel like i am in that middle part, not knowing exactly where i am heading, but know that there is something worth climbing to. i keep taking a step followed by another one. there are things to enjoy along the way...but i have to admit that i am feeling weary without knowing exactly where this path is going.

i was so grateful for today's devotional in Jesus Calling. it was a reminder of God wanting each step--that i am not to worry about tomorrow, i am simply to trust Him today.

step...step...step...

i thought it was something little

i have been feeling highly convicted lately to pray for, think about, write to, my dear sweet children that are around the world--my compassion children. i shamelessly admit that i get teary-eyed when i hold and read each letter from them and look at the few pictures we have of them. i feel like i do very little for them--sponsorship, writing letters and e-mails, and sending a small packet of photos and hand-drawn pictures from my children to them seems like a trifle when i know a portion of all that they struggle with in day-to-day life. and then i read this:

http://blog.compassion.com/child-expectations-of-their-sponsors/

those little e-mails and notes are making a difference in children's lives.

that humbles me.

got my funny bone