Every little thing is gonna be alright

A week or so ago, one of my friends did one of those Facebook quizzes that asked "what song reminds you of Mariesa?"  Her answer was "Every little thing is gonna be alright."  I find that funny and kinda cool, I guess.

I remember a time in my life, not so long ago when I constantly worried.  I worried about money.  I worried about health.  I worried about just about everything that could be worried about.  I was constantly stressed and let frustrations of the world get to me ALL THE TIME.

Back in January, I went through Cert School.  One of our devotion times, was very life changing for me (or at least a major change in understanding of my life).  We were "walking with Jesus."  We met up with Jesus on the road and could ask him anything and then as the meditation, devotion time went on, we came to a break in the road.  Jesus told us one last thing and then we parted ways.  During that "walk with Jesus," I didn't really know that I had questions that I needed to ask Jesus.  He asked where I was going and I responded, "Dunno just walking."  As we "walked" on there was a peaceful silence.  I don't really think we "talked" but had a silent connection.  When we "parted ways" on this road, Jesus looked me dead in the eyes and said, "you are headed in the right direction."

Now a little background in that the road I was "walking" on in this little meditation was any road of my choosing and I chose the road out of the camp back to San Antonio.  This was the camp that started my journey to ministry and going back to it was a phenomenal step in this "faith journey."

What I took from "You are headed in the right direction" is that life can throw you for so many twists and turns.  Most of our life, we wonder if we are doing the right things.  We wonder if we are making the right choices.  To have that affirmed in such a strange way in this meditation, devotion time was mind blowing to me.  Ever since then, I have tried to live me life in that way.  I constantly remember standing at that fork in the road with "Jesus" and hearing him reaffirm that I am "headed in the right direction."  This makes the road alot easier.  This makes the conflicts of life easier to bear.  This helps me understand that I truly am working to make my life happy... to be truly happy.

I am reading this book that talks about our levels of consciousness.  It points out again for me that my happiness comes from within.  Outside forces can't truly make me "happy."  If I live as I am happy, then I will be happy.  I am still grasping that concept and not totally sure about it.  I am sure however that I feel peace when I remember that Jesus is standing with me as I travel down this road "in the right direction."

AMEN