{"id":830,"date":"2010-08-06T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.convergingzone.com\/ricciardelli\/faith-to-journey-down-the-unknown-road-by-janice-vancronkhite\/"},"modified":"2010-08-06T16:06:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T16:06:00","slug":"faith-to-journey-down-the-unknown-road-by-janice-vancronkhite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/ricciardelli\/faith-to-journey-down-the-unknown-road-by-janice-vancronkhite\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith to Journey Down the Unknown Road by Janice VanCronkhite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Faith to journey down the unknown road<\/span><\/span><\/span>
(Janice is family to Joyce and I, Click any of the painting and see her website filled with Spirit inspired art or go to www.jvcartworks.com)<\/a><\/b> <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There is something daunting about traveling a path that seems to fade into The Vast <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Journey<\/caption>\n
\"Journey\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/span>Unknown. Though taking such a road may at firs<\/span>t seem adventurous, poetic, and spiritually invigorating, reality is, it can severely test our relationship with God and reveal the kinks in our life of faith. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I have to wonder how much Abraham understood when he agreed to obey God and leave behind all he knew and had placed his security in. Did he think \u201cAh, a short vacation to break up my summer schedule\u201d or \u201cI\u2019m leaving, like forever, and don\u2019t have a clue where I\u2019ll be the rest of my life\u201d?
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Abraham definitely chose to take a road few others would have taken. I doubt it was even a road he saw before him; perhaps <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Believe<\/caption>\n
\"Believe\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/span>just the sound of his Creator\u2019s voice that caused <\/span>his heart to explode in faith and embark on what must have seemed to others a most futile and ridiculous journey. <\/span>But Abraham believed what God told him and God declared him a righteous man because of it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Do we choose to not go down a certain road today because it just doesn\u2019t make sense, or it\u2019s so different from what or where we imagined we would be at this stage in our life? Do we not follow God\u2019s voice because we can\u2019t see where we are headed much beyond the next ten minutes?<\/p>\n

When the Lord again says (and He will), \u201cLet\u2019s start over together on a new journey,\u201d I hope our hearts burst in faith and we find sustaining joy and strength to keep putting one foot in front of the other, even when we can\u2019t see the road ahead. It would be so sad to miss out on any part of this most remarkable, mysterious, and supernatural journey called Life.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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