Obstacles along the way.

I was out walking yesterday in the sun and a very cold wind.  I walked through a narrow path in a woodland.  During the last few months, the wind had brought down a number of trees and lie fallen across the track. My wife walking with me saw these  as a spoiling of the route, having to find a way round  them. I saw them as a challenge something to hurdle over. 

As I approached them two deer ran in front of me and it was as if the trees were not even there they soared through the air  and onward ran.  So there was us and the deer and we each saw the fallen trees in a different way.

There is a lovely story of the new convert to a religion. 

He was sitting at the side of a track very interestedly reading his holy book while waiting for transportation and every now and then would exclaim, “Alleluia, Praise the Lord, Amen” and on as he read.

A sceptic heard him and came and asked what he was reading.

He answered, ” I am reading how God parted the Red Sea and let the Israelites go through, now that is a miracle!”

The sceptic explained “Do not believe everything the Bible tells you. The truth of the matter is that that body of water was only really 6 inches deep,  so it was not a miracle.”

The man nodded in disappointment but kept on reading as the sceptic was walking away feeling proud that he had set the man straight. 

All of a sudden the sceptic heard the man  let out another big “Alleluia, Praise the Lord!”

At this, the sceptic came back to him and asked, “What is it this time?”

The man said excitedly in one breath, “This one is a real miracle, God drowned the whole Egyptian army in 6 inches of water!!!”

Yes it all depends on how you look at it. 

Is it a hurdle or something to see as a challenge?  Is it something that makes life difficult  or something that  brings a new dimension to life? 

It all depends on how we look at life.

Have a great day.