Take Another Step

Have you ever listened to a song, and it just resonates somehow with you? I’ve recently become enamored with a song by Steven Curtis Chapman from his latest project, Glorious Unfolding.  I am partially drawn to this song because it tells a story and I’m a “story girl.”  The music itself is encouraging! If there were no words to this song, the music from the chorus alone would bring a smile to my face.   And then there’s the repetition: “take another step and another step and another step.” Overall, it’s that phrase that for some reason resonates within my soul.  I’m not in the middle of a storm.  I haven’t encountered some atrocious trial that  is pulling the rug out from beneath my feet.  I’m just living life.

And let me be honest: sometimes life is repetitive.  Get up, do a little this, a little that.  Get to work.  Eat some lunch.  Work some more.  Do a little grocery shopping, gotta get the laundry done, clean the dishes, feed the dog. Go to church.  Buy some fuel.  Find a little family time.  Make dinner, clean it up, go to bed.

Start over.

In the midst of all the every-day-ness of life, I need to be reminded to “take another step and another step and another step.  Trust God and take another step.”

I have several friends who are encountering tough times in their lives.  This song has reminded me to pray for them with greater compassion and intensity.  So many times we do get frozen and “don’t know which way to go.” We are faced with circumstances that seem insurmountable and it’s tough to remember that God hasn’t left, He didn’t take a different route, He didn’t desert us. And we need to be encouraged to “take another step.”

Regardless of the circumstance of your life, take a breather, listen to the song and then…..

Take another step.