Skip to main content

One Step Forward...Two Steps Back


One step forward....Two steps back. 

I have heard that saying my entire life.
 I have listened to the cries of many stating "Why is it every time I take a step forward, I am having to take two steps back?"
The two steps back may appear to be a negative.
A struggle to regain balance in a world that is unbalanced.
A punishment of sorts for choices made or not made. 
A unfair act that leaves us in a state of shock.
 Emotions that has us tumbling out of our comfort zone. 
And the feeling our progression in life has stopped cold in its tracks. 

I  have asked many a night the same questions.
Wondering what exactly had I done wrong. 
Or what I could have done different. 
I had not taken the time to see why I was having to take two steps back. 
Honestly I did not even want to know the why.
 I just wanted to move forward with no regard of the possible outcome.
I was relying on my own efforts. 
Trusting my own abilities and not leaning to the one whose desire is to direct my path. 
My daddy God.

Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your path.


Two steps back is not a "walk of shame." 
Even though the world may say it is. 
It is not a punishment. 
For there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus.
( Romans 8:1) 
It may be a life lesson that was not grasped.  
It may be a second chance to get somethings right. 
It may be Gods way of slowing us down in order to prevent a disaster in the making.
 What ever the reason, two steps back is a time to regroup, refocus and become re-balanced.
It is the opportunity to gain wisdom and understanding of the purpose. 
 It is God's protection; his divine grace.
It is his unfailing love to correct the heart,mind and soul of his precious child. 

If you are having to take two steps back in your life right now just as I have,  I want to encourage you to embrace those steps knowing that there is a blessing in every trial. 
A positive to every negative. 
And for every set back, God is making a way for an amazing come back!!
BELIEVE!!!

One step forward...Two steps back~

xoxo

Stacey

Proverbs 4:26
Ponder the path of your feet, 
And let all your ways be established. 

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Your Sweet Comments Are Loved~

Popular posts from this blog

Fresh Bread

Photo Credit: Clem Onojeghuo
Give us this day our daily bread.......  The smell of fresh baked bread never fails to have my mouth watering and my nose on high alert, not to mention the warm savory taste each bite brings with melted butter dripping over and drizzling down my finger tips. To say I love fresh bread is an understatement at the very least. Bread that gives me nourishment is not to be wasted, and neither is the spiritual bread my daddy God has for me.

The last week or so, when my alarm starts ringing and before my eyes are open, I ask the Lord to give my daily bread. A fresh word, a warm aroma, and a sweet taste of his bread (word) to begin my day. Now I must be honest and say I am far from a morning person. I am not the "jump out of bed, feet hit the floor running, birds chirping" kinda girl. I am a " hit the snooze button 5 more times, slowly sit up , and pry my eyes open with a crow bar" kinda girl.  And thankfully my daddy God knows this, after all …
5 comments
Read more

When God Says Go, Will You Go?

Photo Credit: Greg Raines
Remembering the story of Jonah , God instructs him to go to the city of Nineveh and preach against it because of all the wickedness there. However Jonah fled from the Lord and ran in the opposite direction. After being thrown into the sea and swallowed by a giant fish for three days, Jonah cries out to the Lord and is then spat up from the belly of the fish to go and do as he was instructed.

Jonah 1:1-3
The word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai saying, : Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me." But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarnish, paid the fare and went down into it to with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

I still have a time wrapping my head around the fact Jonah was in the belly of a fish for three days. I can not fathom the intense grossness of it all. Can you? Had he gon…
3 comments
Read more

His Binding Love Letter

Photo Credit: Joanna Kosihska
Here it is post Valentine's Day and though I am not a huge fan of this particular holiday, I do find a tender sweetness of it's meaning.

Sometimes being single has it's downfalls and holidays are a reminder that I am indeed single. Most of the time I am quite content where I am in my journey of singleness and then there are those times in between when I wonder if I will ever share my life again with a man. I do not ponder on that thought quite often as I know my daddy God has a plan and the right man for me.  This year Valentine's day was odd for me. I was not in a place of sadness nor did I feel sorry for myself. It was not a pity party holiday for me but yet I found myself wanting to hear I am loved. And I believe my daddy God wanted to show me as well. So yesterday as I read many beautiful post from what seemed like tons of flower pictures, and candy filled "I love yous", I secretly asked myself what is my love letter in life…
Post a Comment
Read more