I saw something today out the window of the bus that made me go “hmmm.” I almost began laughing at how funny it appeared, but God grabbed my thoughts and took that moment to show me something. When I looked again this is what I saw.
A man walking like a mime being pulled or a Pinocchio having his arms and legs lifted by strings to move, but there were no visible strings or ropes. This was not a side show with a crowd. I saw an elderly man dressed raggedly and all alone on the sidewalk. What can this man teach me about myself? I started thinking.
Do I look like that? Thought there is nothing visibly restraining or controlling me, are there things in my life that are directing my actions? How do my actions appear to others?
How often does what someone says affect your mood? I don’t know about you but it happens to me all the time. I let someone else’s words direct me where I don’t want to go. What about peer pressure? That’s sounds very middle school but still very prevalent in our lives as adults. We have this urge to want to fit into our society and far too often find ourselves doing things we didn’t think we would or even want to do. So what’s the answer? I don’t know, but these are my thoughts on how to handle it.
This is one thing I love about my Jesus. I have been given the free will to do with my life as I please. Why then do I go and put ropes around my wrists and ankles and give the other ends to humans? How silly is that to take my freedom and hand it over. I want to break free from the things that may be controlling me and make the decision to follow willingly the One who has plans for me that are more amazing than I can even begin to imagine.
I choose to walk with no strings attached; freely in the Way that has been directed for me. I don’t have to go that way, but why would I try to go another way, when the one who created the crazy and confusing forest of life has handed me the map to get through? I want to experience life the way the Lord has designed it for me…I WANT TO BE REAL.
