NORTH

North to me has always been associated with up in some ways. And that is I suppose because it is the top of the earth.

North to me in that sense is the place where our ideal might lie. It is the pinnacle of our dreams.

The rendezvous point with our greatest desires. Naturally, as with so many things, God is sovereign over its domain.

And we of course do often make up our one tales to add to the mystery and appeal of such places. Even if we prefer the myth to the Lord's truth.

Far easier to think of North Pole and Santa Claus than an altar of faith where we are tested instead of getting presents. Not quite the same appeal.

Even though we don't necessarily put it in such terms it does become part of our nature. To dress a vision in the garment of fantasy.

Some times it is just part of the human thought process. We need the magic. And if the truth seems to harsh, even more so.

As far as doing it with our lives, that is one thing. We all daydream and imagine a paradise of our own creation.

It is part of our way of coping with life. And that is natural. What gives hope to our situation.

And to move ahead means we also on a spiritual level see the true North provides. To know it is different from our opinions.

The Lord will guide us according to His will to the place that is the real North. The guiding point of purest direction.

But it might not be as appealing or enchanting as the one in our fantasies. Which is not a bad thing.

Only when the scriptures are taught by some who make North out to be only perfect. A heaven and paradise exactly as we dream.

That message will always attract far more than one involving struggle. People would rather have fiction in that regard.

Which is why you know that we have the times when we are brought to some map that reminds where true North can be found. Not always a blessing if you are looking for perfection, but it is the truth. That will always be a more beneficial oasis than our deceptions.