According to an old story, a devout abbot from a monastery decided to take a prolonged spiritual retreat in a small cabin located on a remote island in the middle of a large lake. 

He told his fellow monks that he wanted to spend his days in prayer so as to grow closer to God. For six months he remained on the island with no other person seeing him or hearing from him in all that time. 

But then one day, as two monks were standing near the shore soaking up some sunshine, they could see in the distance a figure moving toward them. It was the abbot, walking on the water, and coming toward the shore. 

After the abbot passed by the two monks and continued on to the monastery, one of the monks turned to the other and said, “All these months in prayer and the abbot is still as stingy as ever. After all, the ferry costs only $2.00!”

The point of the story is that it’s amazing how easily we may sometimes miss the significance of something that is right in front of us, like someone walking on water. We think we know the meaning of so many things happening around us, but maybe we miss the significance, especially the significance of what God is revealing to us. 

Thanks to Isaac Taylor for the picture.

In time, what have YOU come to realize as being significant that was right before YOUR eyes?

I WILL CHOOSE TO FIND JOY IN THE JOURNEY THAT GOD HAS SET BEFORE ME!

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