Push-- Pushing past the "red clay"...

Andy and I used to go kayaking- SO FUN!!! Ever been? We always have so much fun and usually spend the entire day outside- having a picnic and talking- having fun together!! :) I miss going!! We haven't been in- well- a year or two!

Just like the picture- there we are gliding down the beautiful peaceful river-- smooth as can be-- when you all of a sudden-- we hit a few rocks. 

So, we get out to shake the kayak free and step into the mushy thick red clay dirt. Your feet just don't magically move like they are free here-- they stick like they are in setting cement (it's kinda gross). 

We try to keep moving our feet because let's face it... no one likes to be in the middle of a moving river with their feet in the sticky clay and rocks brushing up against them! We wanted to get it back on track ASAP so that we can go on, moving forward to get to our picnic spot. 

When you think about it, life is kinda like the river. Sometimes we can be going smoothly down the river, and then oops; get caught up on some rocks that we need to PUSH out from. While pushing out and getting untangled from the rocks, we have to "step out" of the boat and get our feet wet and muddy-- & our feet get stuck sometimes- but we don't just stand there do we? NO!!! We keep moving to get loose-- keep pressing, keep moving on to get to our destination- can't stay there in one place forever-- 

When we need some encouragement for the "red clay" times- look upon God. He is fully able to exceed your every thought! He will help you. No bad & horrible time is going to last forever. (& I know that is something hard to hear especially if you are in that season at the moment) BUT-- there is light at the end of the tunnel-- It's there-- sometimes it's so hard to see-- but there IS A LIGHT... 

Matthew 17:20 NIV says "

 ^"He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Keep that mustard seed close!! It's tiny-- just like the light might seem-- but it's there-- God is there-- GOD IS HERE!! 

Take care of you :)