Monday... But some streams do have rocks in them.

Proverbs 21:1 (NLT), "The king's heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord; he guides it wherever he pleases."

I love streams. When we lived in Colorado, Margaret and I would find a flow of water on the flats of the plains and follow it up through the mountains and see where it started. I love the rushing water coming down through the canyons that over time thy had created.

Here in our mountains around Las Vegas our streams are not above ground but underground so we cannot enjoy their beauty. But in some ways they are a picture of this verse.

Now there is beauty in the streams but there are also rocks. I have tubed down some of those streams in Colorado and they were not peaceful. I was constantly striving to miss the rocks but the rocks are there and they help to channel the stream to where it is to go.

And that is a great picture of this Proverb. King Solomon the writer of many of the Proverbs had some very rocky times in his life. Yes, sometimes God leads us through calm waters but many time he leads us through rapids which are cause by big rocks. And maybe that is where you are right now and those rocks are there on purpose. The Message says, "Good leadership is a channel of water controlled by God; he directs it to whatever ends he chooses."

I have seen where the South Platte River starts. You can step across it. And we have followed it through the mountains down to Denver and we also know that it continue to finally be apart of the Missouri River which ends up flowing into the Mississippi River which ends up in the Gulf of Mexico. But it started up in the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.

God has a plan for our lives and there may be some rocks in it but he will be with us and using them to head us to where he wants us. Now we can't always see the beginning and the end but we can trust the one who is our guide. God knows what he is doing. So let's trust him even in the rocky spots. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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