Daniela:
Recently, I went for a walk. I was thinking and praying. My heart was full of worries. When I suddenly became more aware of my surroundings and took a closer look at the path, which I often take, I realised that God was speaking to me.
The path led up a hill and then seemed to end abruptly.
That spoke to me! That’s exactly how I feel right now.
My husband and I have been walking for many years on a path that costs us a lot of strength. We suffer because we can’t see our destination. The path is difficult. Again and again it seems as if we can’t go any further. It seems that we will never reach our goal. There are far too many obstacles.
On this day, God made me realise anew that he has a way for us. That we shouldn’t worry. Even if we only see part of the way, that doesn’t mean it ends. It continues because God has a way for us. We will see that when the time comes. He shows us the way bit by bit. He wants us to trust him. That we leave our worries with him. That we trust him to fight for us.
We are not at a dead end. He paves a path for us that we can follow.
Max:
About the same time of Daniela’s walk I realised that I hit the wall and had no energy left to go on. This journey of my PhD work has been so long and very hard. There were three options (1) stay sitting at my work without making any progress, (2) give up the entire project and start to live a normal life again, (3) taking some time off to regenerate, and to take the pressure away to make a pleasant experience again. After opting for point 3, soon the urgently needed extensions for my work were granted.
When we pray and rest the LORD works for us. “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today” (Ex 14:13).
My head feels still dizzy and my body is weak.“Fortunately”, I collapsed in the bathroom last week so that my wife called the doctor (something I had neglected over the last months/years). She told us that the weakness that caused the fall was not only from my exhaustion syndrome but from a significant lack of electrolytes. Now I have to eat salt pills and get infusions till I feel like a salt mine. My legs are still wobbly and I can hardly move alone. Even now with the granted extensions, I cannot see the goal. My perspective is reduced.
We are still walking by faith and not by sight. Someday we will see the glorious destination we are heading for and before that the fulfilled task and life mission that God has given us.
Daniela and Max live in Germany and have been a part of the Inspire family for many years.
