Side Tracked
08/07/2016
When I was a little girl of about 4 or 5 years old, I went shopping with my mother. As we went up and down the isles I couldn’t help but to be distracted by all the little toys, candies and trinkets. I would often stop for a moment to examine them, but this one time, I looked up and my mom was gone! My heart began to race, panic flooded my mind, my eyes welled up with tears as I began to frantically cry out as I looked for my mom. I truly felt I like I was lost forever!
Suddenly as I turned a corner, I saw her standing there just smiling at me, calm as can be! Come to find out, she knew where I was all along. In fact she hid from me, watching over the shelving, to teach me a valuable lesson about staying with her. She said her lesson worked, from that day forward I never left her side.
Flash forward to today, I find I still get distracted with good things, ministry, work family, responsibilities and lose my focus of Jesus! I realized just this week that I got side tracked and he let me wander, knowing all the time where I was, not letting me get too far from him, but letting me learn a lesson.
I had a vision of myself in a meadow, side tracked by the beauty, animals and surroundings that I had forgotten about him. I was crushed to realize I left his side. But then he gave me his vision of the meadow.
He was looking down upon me in the meadow, even though I felt far from him, he was with me, letting me roam and experience life on my own. It made me realize how much I need him and how even good things can distract me. I’ve learned a valuable lesson and that is to always keep him in sight, keeping him my focus! But the greatest peace that I experienced from this lesson was knowing he’ll never let me stray to far, he’s always with me and I’m never to old for a lesson, they are good for us and help us grow!
Rhonda Ferguson-Daughter of Jesus
