We once spent a week canoeing 104 miles down the St. Croix River. The canoeing was good but what happened along the way was what made the journey really interesting.
Camping under the stars, watching a bald eagle catch a fish out of the river, and of course the challenges of the river itself. A trip down any river can bring all sorts of adventure. Life is the same way.
Life is filled with ups and downs, highs and lows, waterfalls and moments of calm, but what this life actually does is it molds us into the person we are to become. Often missed are the events and people that God places along our life's journey to mold us and shape us into who HE wants us to be.
The picture for this story is from the Pink Floyd album The Endless River. Isn't life truly like a river? We travel down it, not knowing what lies around the next bend. It could be good or bad. Either way, it is definitely a journey. However, our earthly journey WILL come to an end.
A life with Christ in it assures us of an ENDLESS journey. After our death, the river calms down and becomes peaceful. It may well resemble the picture from this album - paddling along towards God's celestial city on a river of clouds. Perhaps a breeze in our hair or ruffling our shirt, but we are all on our way to see God. Those of us who believe.
So, enjoy the ride. Paddle when you have to.
"There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells." - Psalm 46:4
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