Field guide · Weather
Us with Godand Disappointment
Forecast: overcast after a promising morning, with the plan washed out by afternoon.
Four tired ways to walk
Each has some truth in it. None of them is the whole story.
Under GodSheep that hide from the Shepherd
I must have done something wrong, and this is God letting me know.
Over GodSheep that know the way
Next time I’ll prepare better and cover every variable.
From GodSheep that follow the grass
I prayed for this, God, and you didn’t deliver.
For GodSheep trying to be the sheepdog
I gave everything to this ministry, and this is how it turns out?
He walks beside you on the road of “we had hoped.”
Two friends walked away from Jerusalem with their plans in pieces. “We had hoped,” they said (Luke 24:21). Jesus did not scold them. He walked with them, listened, and opened the story up until their hearts burned. We make our plans, and the Lord directs our steps (Prov 16:9). The road we didn’t choose is still a road he walks, and he is working good on it (Rom 8:28).
Where the Shepherd isHe is the stranger on the road, asking what we’re talking about and staying for supper (Luke 24:13–32).
Say your “we had hoped” to God in a full sentence, and then take a walk and let him walk with you.
Lord, what are you doing on this road I didn’t pick?
Fellow travelers
People in Scripture who walked this ground before us.
- Cleopas said the saddest words of his life to the very person who had already fixed them (Luke 24:18–21).
- Martha told Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here,” and he stayed with her in it (John 11:21–27).
Keep walking
- With God: Sheep that know his voicethe posture every entry points to
- Which Way Are You Walking?a short self-check
- The Field Guideevery entry, by terrain, weather and crossing