Walking....searching...with no end...

There has been so much on my mind lately. For one, I had a fantastic weekend back home with my family, and thinking through all the fun we had has been on my mind. My daddy's sermon was amazing, and it is still lingering in my mind.

But something else is strongly being pushed to the front of my mind today. Something that God has put there for a reason.

Today, I have been thinking about this dialogue from the novel "Alice in Wonderland." The conversation takes place between Alice and the Chessire Cat:

"Then it doesn't matter which way you go..." said the cat.
"-so long as I get somewhere." Alice added as an explanation
"Oh, you're sure to do that," said the cat, "if you only walk long enough."

How interesting is this. How weird is it that this simple conversation with a cat can speak volumes to us and mean so much to us.

Let me explain:

The cat is deceiving. He convinces Alice that it really doesn't matter which path you take or which direction you go. She responds in agreement that yes, as long as you get somewhere. The cat responds again that you will if you only walk long enough.

If you only walk long enough....if you only have the endurance to go until you find your place...it doesn't matter how you get there....you just have to go....who cares the path you take...that's irrelevant...right??

No.

See, like in life, we are fed lies so many times that it truly doesn't matter which direction we take, and that it all ends up the same. Whether it's Satan, the media, or people in our lives, we hear this message over and over again.

And sadly, we listen to this over and over and over again.

He mentions "o sure, you'll get somewhere if you walk long enough..." But isn't it funny that we really have no idea how long we have? What if we don't walk "long enough"? What then?


The reality is that God does care where we go in life. He does care about the direction we walk and how far we go. He cares enough that he has given us a guide for life and a chance to know Him intimately.

I don't want to fall into the traps Alice did. I don't want to go through a life seeing it as a mythical world just to find out that it's not that way. I don't want to be deceived.

Instead, I want to overcome. I want to walk with a purpose. I want to see the encouragement in life and find love in Christ.

I want to walk.....I want to search...I want to find the path the Lord desires for me to take, and I want to face life knowing that something greater awaits.