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Meaning of never a dull moment2/6/2024 We need to choose with our wills to believe that His Word is truer than our feelings.” As Ney Bailey says in one of my favorite books, Faith is Not a Feeling, “You and I can either grow accustomed to listening to our feelings, thoughts, and circumstances, letting them control us, or we can be in the habit of taking God at His word despite our feelings and life experiences. But no matter how you feel, you’ll still sense His peace and presence. At times, you may also be exhausted, overwhelmed, and uncomfortable. Like any challenging trail through unknown, mountainous territory, you may not see any further ahead than the next marker on a tree, but you can clearly see His hand at work around you. But this God has made abundantly evident: when He calls you to a new beginning, He always brings His peace and boldly blazes a trail. I can’t even describe it, despite my propensity for wordiness. There’s no question that leaving is hard. There is not enough space here to tell you how deeply rooted we are in Maine with my family, the sweetest friendships, a church body with a mission we love, and a home we built ourselves. I can choose to look at this move as the end of a chapter I don’t want to be over, or I can see it as a new beginning, trusting that God has purpose and joy waiting for us wherever He plants us. So I guess in some cheesy way, the expansive Rocky Mountain scenes of the 1992 video seem to fit with my outlook right now. For many of my regular readers and listeners, you know that my year began with the passing of my beloved Dad, followed by the realization that God was calling us to go west. This song came galloping back to me - sorry, I couldn’t resist the pun - this week as my husband and I reached a box-packing, emotionally-charged crescendo in preparing to make a cross-country move from Maine to California. If you want to join me in the fun and don’t mind falling prey to its catchy chorus becoming an earworm in your mind for the rest of the day, then check out this fresh spin ( watch on YouTube) on the song with Steven and guest Bart Millard of MercyMe fame. But my favorite lines are found in the bridge: If you’re not familiar with the lyrics, the chorus challenges us to saddle up our horses, cause we have a trail to blaze into the wild blue yonder of God’s amazing grace. Somehow, though, despite it’s dated sound and the fact that I haven’t listened to it in ages, it came roaring back into my head today, playing over and over in my mind and reminding me to celebrate its central message: a life spent following God is never dull… never meaningless… and always filled with something new around the corner. Looking back on it now, the western-themed music video filled with galloping horses and a leather-vest wearing Steven with big floppy hair seems so over the top and cliched, but back then - oh, that was cutting edge for contemporary Christian music. One of my favorite songs during my college years was “The Great Adventure,” by Steven Curtis Chapman.
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