.....direction

If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him James 1:5 You do not have because you do not ask God. You don't have what you want because you don't ask God for it. James 4:2

With us, it is "pink-blue". When my husband wants to go shopping, oh wait, he never "wants" to go shopping. But when he does go shopping, he knows what he wants before he leaves the house. He goes to the store, "shoots it", "bags it", and brings it home. End of trip, mission accomplished.

When I go shopping, however, I like to look at everything. I may know what I want before I leave the house, but I have to look at all the choices, all the options, to see if what I'm choosing is what I really like best, is the best bargain, the best color, etc.

When it comes to other things I like to review all the options before making a decision. Last year I had an opportunity for a choice in a career-change. I read all kinds of advice in self help books, I asked my friends, got all sorts of varied opinions. And I became confused.

I simply didn't know what to do. I was sitting on everything, with options continually flipping over and over in my mind. It was frustrating. And then a light bulb went off in my head, an "Aha!" moment.

As I was listening to audio Bible verses, my ears perked up as Psalm 25 was read: "Show me" your ways, O Lord, "teach me" your paths; give me your truth and teach me, "for you are my God" my "Savior", and my hope is in you all day long."

Revelation began to come. The muddled thinking cleared. As I moved onto a path carved out for me, I had the peace of the Holy Spirit. Honestly, I certainly knew to go to God with my situation. But in truth, I was checking out every other wisdom avenue. It was like sitting in a rocking chair, thinking I'm going somewhere, but I haven't moved at all - I am thankful for the comforting Bible verse in James 1, which says,"the Lord will give wisdom generously to us." Pretty awesome. And, it's Good News.

- sally l kennedy