Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. My time with the Living God this morning was filled with Instruction and Wisdom and the Path that I was headed-down has been made Straight again. It isn’t fun to be Redirected by the King sometimes, because most of the time when I’m Redirected; I’ve managed to get myself outside of His Plans for me…and I didn’t even see it happening because it was slow and subtle. The few scattered clouds in the sky at daybreak served as a sweet Reminder to me of how just a few clouds have the potential to turn into a Massive Storm if they’re provided with the fuel to grow…and so it is with Life. It’s when we ignore the few scattered clouds, and we convince ourselves that they’re “no big deal”, that we can find ourselves caught off-guard in the Wind and the Rain and it takes a whole lot more effort to get the path Straight again than it took to ignore the clouds. Isn’t that the way it is with your life too?

It’s can be so easy to convince ourselves that we’re only a “little” wrong or that we’re “mostly” right in almost every situation in Life. We can easily justify our behavior almost every time, and we find some sense of comfort in excusing away our Wrongs. We not only refuse to seek forgiveness for ourselves, but we refuse to extend it too. Sadly, most people have difficulty admitting when they’re wrong, especially when they have just a few Scattered Clouds in their sky. But it’s when we refuse to admit our Wrong for the “small” things, that we become numb to our behavior overall, and pretty soon we’re unable to admit the Error of our Ways in the Big things too. It only takes a few Scattered Clouds to turn into a Massive Storm if they’re provided with the fuel to grow. Most of the time it’s Pride that keeps us from confessing our Wrongs, but Pride has no place in Life at all if we sincerely want to be ALL that God intends for us to be. “Pride cometh before the fall”, so if we want to be Victorious; pride has to be kicked to the curb and Humility has to replace it. When Humility sets in it’s a whole lot easier to admit Wrong, and when Humility sets in we begin to Understand the danger that comes to us when we ignore those few Scattered Clouds…and we have no Peace until we address our Wrong.

The biggest Shame isn’t that we’ve somehow ignored the Scattered Clouds or that we’ve managed to get off the Straight Path, the shame is in refusing to admit it. If I refuse to see my Role in the small things like conflict with another, or judging somebody else or holding a grudge; how would it be possible to find the Humility it takes to confess MY Part when I stand before the Living God or to be willing to be Redirected? I want to be the woman God created me to be, so there’s no room to ignore the Scattered Clouds in my Life. They might appear to be small, but they have the potential to grow into a Massive Storm that can cause damage to Me and to my World if I don’t see them for what the really are, and if I don’t run to the Source of the clouds to have my Path Set Straight all over again.

How about you?