I have experienced days when my feet skip across the stepping stones in life. I hop, leap and jump through them all....... All the while I am singing a tune with a smile on my face. I am making progress...... Two steps forward. Out of no where my steps stop..... I can not move forward. There is an obstacle in my way. I will admit I have had times that I became discouraged..... Frustrated that my flow of stone stepping has been interrupted. Irritated I can no longer leap to my next destination. Three steps back. Here comes my frustration..... Irritation..... Pouting.... And disbelief that I am now going backwards..... Or it seems that way. BUT...... There are times when we do need to take "three steps" back. Change our direction..... Adjust our steps.... Plot a new course. This new course may have high waters to go through.... It may have fire with intense flames..... But no matter..... We are never alone. Isaiah 43:2