The view over the water was disconcerting. I couldn’t see the horizon. The line where the sea met the sky was blurred by the mist.
I thought of how sometimes in life the line between yes and no; do and don’t; right and wrong also becomes blurred. When I’ve been unable to distinguish a clear marker, it was easy to cross that blurred line.
The result is never good. I end up faced with shame and disappointment rather than the hope and promise I desire.
Within hours the sky cleared and I had a new perspective of the scene before me. The line was clearly defined and no longer blurred.
This has happened both literally and figuratively.
It is the power of Jesus in my life that allows me to see things clearly. He takes away the confusion and gives me peace as he guides me. He sees clearly what I cannot. It is my faith in him and not my own limited vision that I choose to live by.
For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.1 Corinthians 14:33 (NKJV)
The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice. Proverbs 12:15 (NIV)
For we live by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV)