Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Thought #25

Faithfulness springs up from the ground,
and righteousness looks down from
the sky.
- Psalm 85: 11

I want a roadmap to life. Yeah, after high school I knew another four years of education were in store. But now what? College is done. That infamous "real world" sits on the stoop. And in two weeks it will knock. Constant rat-a-tats rat-a-tats rapping at my door. Do I sit back, go insane, listening to repetitive beats? What's next?

Well, I move with the day's rhythm. There are already pre-set cycles in existence like January till December, from Spring to Summer, Autumn leaves then a Winter frost. And they always occur. We are so acclimated to our orbit that we never stop to realize a roadmap's already present.

Winds blow. The cherry tree blossoms. Reds. Greens from the ground. Tulips in a circle. Still skies shifting puzzle pieces on a chess board chasing chasms slip and leave holes in the rain for the skies to fall down.

A constant reminder that all is not chaos. But that in Spring flowers bloom in the sight of the sun and by the touch of deluge nights. Morning dew. Frost is gone. And the world wakes even earlier like it is closer to the sun in April.

It is all faithful. The sun does not choose a different path each day. The sky remains. And in Spring color is back on the cherry tree in my front yard. The branches are weathered from Winter, but at least they have a covering now. Everything remains faithful before the sight of God and the sight of man.

But why don't we notice these natural testimonies? The world is alive around us and we should be taking notes on how to live. On how to keep going. On how to make it through anything no matter the eventfulness or dull or cathartic crazed moments causing an untamed aspect to life. Because, you see, our roadmap is right before us. And all it says it to remain faithful. That righteousness looks down from above. And because of these two denominators, life goes on.

Imitate. Remain. Faithful.

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