Little Big Steps

Someone once told me that you don't need to be so concerned about where God is going to have you in 5, 10 or even 15 year from now. Just be where you are suppose to be, doing what God wants you to do today and when tomorrow becomes today do it again. Then in 5, 10 or 15 years of you having continued to do this you will be right where God wants you to be.

This weekend my husband and I took a little big step. We bought a car. It was a little step to sign on the dotted line, but a big step to commit to paying off this car for the next six years. When I step back and try to look at the timeline of 6 years and imagine where we will be, or what we will be doing then I am immediately overwhelmed. But, when I look at just the step ahead of me as I place one foot in front of the other I know my footing is secure.

Perhaps one of the most frightening things in life can be time. It is the only true currency we own. Money comes and goes and you gain some and lose some, but when you give your time to something or someone, it is one of the few things that was only and entirely yours and when you give it up, is gone forever.

Now in my early twenties I an starting to feel the treadmill of time slowly growing swifter and swifter. I would like to be able to just stop running and try to make things slow down. I know this will only send me flying off the end of the treadmill and crashing into the wall behind me. Perhaps this is even something that happens occasional on my more rough days. But with that knowledge, every moment that I can run I want to make sure my feet are landing securely.

I want to take sure steps not only in my finances for this car though. I want every relationship I'm in and every goal I set for myself to be something that I can see to be steps down the right path even when I can't see all the way to the end of the road. This may mean waking up early and going for a run in the morning before work. It may mean making sure the phone bill is always paid on time. It may mean finding an extra hour to spend over a cup of tea with an old friend, or taking the time to make a nice dinner to sit down to with my husband each night.

Little big steps can be scary. Sometimes you just need to commit to your decisions and enjoy the walk as you make steps into your future.