Lately when people ask me what's been going on in my life, my reply has been "I'm just on a journey." But I didn't realize that not everyone sees life as a journey and that this answer may not be sufficient to their question. Unfortunately, I don't know any other way to answer it.
Rather than log every negative event in my life and rehash it as others ask me how I am doing, I would like to see my glass as half full rather than half empty. I have to believe that everything I go through in life is just part of my journey and that the BIG picture will not be known until the end. It all has purpose and a reason. Each event, both good and bad, is there to help me grow.
My life's journey has been full of valleys and mountains. It ebbs and flos with blessings and disappointments. Sometimes the valleys feel more like the desert where I am parched with no relief in sight. This past year I have spent most of my time in the valley and at times drifting into the desert, with the relief of an occasional hill here and there. I yearn to see the top of the mountain and wonder if it even exists.
But I have to believe that my time in the valley is not a waste. I am learning that there are no guarantees for a journey of staying on the mountain. Life is messy and it ebbs and flos. You must go up and down the mountains to get stronger. Sometimes God keeps you in the valley longer than you would like so that you can help others when they fall down their mountains and end up in the valley. There is purpose in the valley. Knowing this helps strengthen me in my valley as I wait for my time to climb back up my mountain.
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