PRESSED

Perhaps there is a place to live without this problem. A chance to function with all the demands of life and still smile.

What that pressure cooker starts it really is hard to cope. And I know how many times I search for ways to avoid it.

And yet, there are times when it just goes with the process. The price of being involved and taking chances.

In any case I find the times I follow the Lord are not those of pure peace. And that also means some pain to serve a lesson.

Which is not on the fun list. And there is no way to avoid it without staying away from all the areas of risk.

I’ve seen people who do that. They are so crippled by a need for security they can not function on any other level.

So they make excuses for when they gave in to that stubborn practical side that screamed, play it safe. And then ended up sad ever since.

There is a difference between prudence and a lack of confidence. Being able to admit it is something else.

Now the big problem can be perspective. To avoid the concept of always seeing what doesn’t work.

In any event for those that spend their time in this valley how often they never get why things don’t go well. This seldom changes.

I have learned to accept that with each step of faith there is risk and also demands. Things don’t end with perfection.

Blessings are not the process of being without pain. Sometimes we only learn through the struggle.

And then along the way if we follow the Lord even with the demand and feeling pressed, it is a good thing. Which is always the part that is hard to take at times.

So we battle the feelings and then move on. Fight the questions and them move ahead. With the Lord’s help.

Which is the part that we will always have to accept. And that is the aspect we don’t always want to admit.

Thus have many stumbled in their walk.