"Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters."
Isaiah 43:16
Can you imagine trying to make a path in the ocean? Anchored buoys perhaps? Even then, in the ocean I think you would have a hard time getting them to stay in place, or finding a long enough chain for the buoys... affording that many, etc. Not to mention the whole concept of who will use your path and where is it headed? :) I think that part is even more amazing, actually. God brought people to the Americas and populated the continent... Jaredites and Nephites/Lamanites. He got a great fish to swallow Jonah, and then spit him out. He can control every aspect of life, and yet he refrains himself and allows us our freedom of choice and action... so that we will grow up and learn to be self-governing individuals. Just as God makes pathways in the sea, he makes pathways for our ever-shifting lives. He knows how to lead us even in the conflicts and fluctuations of our lives. Which is a very good thing. :) Sometimes we worry that we've wandered too far off the path, and that there is no way to get back on now... but that is never true. God takes all of our life circumstances into consideration, and creates a path for us... which is there whenever we reach out for it, no matter how far we have strayed previously.
Isaiah 43:16
Can you imagine trying to make a path in the ocean? Anchored buoys perhaps? Even then, in the ocean I think you would have a hard time getting them to stay in place, or finding a long enough chain for the buoys... affording that many, etc. Not to mention the whole concept of who will use your path and where is it headed? :) I think that part is even more amazing, actually. God brought people to the Americas and populated the continent... Jaredites and Nephites/Lamanites. He got a great fish to swallow Jonah, and then spit him out. He can control every aspect of life, and yet he refrains himself and allows us our freedom of choice and action... so that we will grow up and learn to be self-governing individuals. Just as God makes pathways in the sea, he makes pathways for our ever-shifting lives. He knows how to lead us even in the conflicts and fluctuations of our lives. Which is a very good thing. :) Sometimes we worry that we've wandered too far off the path, and that there is no way to get back on now... but that is never true. God takes all of our life circumstances into consideration, and creates a path for us... which is there whenever we reach out for it, no matter how far we have strayed previously.
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