Steppin'

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"...Lao-Tzu

It seems to me there are people who glide when they walk...like graceful swans or ballet dancers. Oh, how I wished for that...but hey, I also wished to be tall, long-legged coupled w/long-waisted...willowy! Why not? 'Cause...God didn't check those attributes on my parent's order form. Instead, He must've had smudgey glasses and mistakenly checked short-waisted, bushy and mistakenly marked "fiasco" in place of graceful.

I trip, fall, stumble...you name it and I do it. But klutzy as I am, I've managed to be on what I think is an unusual path...just think...this surprisng journey began w/a single step.

If asked to explain when it occurred, I couldn't put my finger on it. Maybe it began when I married Michael...or maybe when I birthed four boys in five years...or maybe it was when we decided to leave our nest to re-enter the military...or maybe it began when 'fraidy-cat' flew to Ethiopia and back alone just to spend some precious time w/M...or maybe it began when M & I went on a fishing trip on Lake Michigan and I skunked the others (I am not a good fisher-person)...or...or...or???

Honestly, I never 'had a dream' but I believe God had and still has a dream for me and spent a very long time (I'm the time counter, He's not)...prepping me for the one most important single step of my life...the one that exponentially transformed my life.

You see, I had always needed a safety net, assurance, propping up; in other words, 'Don't try to get me out of my comfort zone...not'! But...somewhere in those experiences, I turned 'me' over to God.

I assumed the culmination of His dream for me was 'the China experience' but I'm re-considering my journey. So, I've reached this conclusion...I'm still stepping...and klutzy as I am, I believe I'm on His journey of light.

My journey of a thousand miles...and thousands and thousands and more thousands to come...all began with a single step...a step out of the boat...a step of faith. Pretty good steppin', huh?