Time for Direction

Today I got up and went to a creek by my house. I decided I was going to do this on Monday when I was so overwhelmed with different thoughts and emotions. I wanted to leave my typical routine so I could ask God for guidance. I took my notebook, bible and a cd I had just burned from one of my friends. I started just walking down a trail seeking a place for my solitude. Farther than I expected to go I found the perfect place. God was speaking through that, as He directed me to the perfect place, I could see it, yet couldn't get close to it without trouble. I had to have faith in my footing and balance as I scaled down the steep slope. That showed me that our paths may be longer and harder than we would imagine, but in the end it was absolutely perfect. In this busy area in which I live, tranquility is hard to find, but I consider it a gift. The birds were chirping, a quite ripple was in front of me and I was surrounded by the refreshing scent of trees. I wrote down what I wished God would answer in this time we were together, then I began to worship through music. There are so many songs, Christian and secular that describe God, I couldn't stop praising Him. Lyrics are important to me because I'm not the best with words. That's why I love to sing. It is all written out and I can take those words and put my meaning into them. After quietly singing to the Creator, I just sat and looked around at His creation. I've heard people say you can see glimpses of heaven in moments of your life, I understand that reasoning now. I grabbed my bible, not knowing what to read and I opened it to a page I had a paper in from a service project I went on in December. That was 1 Peter. I read the book and was so awed by the way God works! In that I found exactly what I needed. I was told that it doesn't matter what we do, as long as we do it for Him. If we are to serve, serve with the strength He has given. If we speak we are to use the words He has given us. In doing this, we can give Him all the praise. That is the most important thing we can do. The options are ours, if we do them for Him, He will be blessed and bless what we do. How can we be wrong if we are truly giving everything we have and can do to the Lord? As I climbed up the mountain, and came back into my life, I have a new peace. He has yet again proven Himself exactly when I needed Him.