Me: That looks pretty tough and difficult to walk through.

Prodigal: It is and that is why I am taking a break.

Me: Let me encourage you during this part of the journey.

This is from the book Just Enough Light for the Step I’m On: Trusting God in Tough Times by Stormie Omartian

His desire is that we become more and more dependent upon Him for every step. That’s because He wants to take up to places we’ve never been. To heights we can’t even imagine. In order to do that, we have to go through the low valleys, treacherous mountains, rough terrain, and narrow paths of life- places where we could easily get lost or off the track. And there is definitely no way we can just head off on our own and expect to arrive safely in the place He has planned for us. And, quite opposite of the way we teach our children, we will never now the joy of true freedom until we understand we cannot take a single step without His help.

1 John 5:7

This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodialpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org