...Drifter...

Fiction
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I will wait for the tide to carry me away, the drifter thought to himself. So, he sat on the stones of the seashore...waiting patiently for the wind to lift the wings of the sea. He was there for the next two hours before the wind finally arose. But it came alright! It came and it carried the wings of the sea. It carried the wings of the sea with the drifter riding proudly on top of them. The wind, the sea, and the drifter began their journey. They journeyed till they reached the far west of the country. Then the drifter settled in very nicely, inside a bedrock.
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Then the next morning the drifter arose and said to himself, I will wait for the raven to bring me my bread. So he actually waited for the next four days, under the shade of a papaya tree, without food. At least he had water to drink from a corner of the bedrock where he slept last night, the drifter consoled himself...like a juvenile who had no mother. Funny enough, the raven came on the fourth day and delivered his bread. The drifter ate the bread and slept. He awoke at the middle of the night to begin his journey again. This time he walked to the far east of the papaya tree.
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Thinking about it, maybe the life of a drifter is quite interesting. It is not like he is bothered about the things you and I think about daily. He is not bothered about when the wind would come or when the ravens would fly, neither is he aware of the necessary things he has to do in his life. A drifter has no worries or direction.

Yes, it could be quite interesting. But you were not born to be a drifter. God has not called you to live that kind of life. His plan is to have you under some form of guidance and wisdom, to have a Shepherd for his sheep so that they would not be scattered all around the earth without any purpose or any sense of direction. So, if your life has not felt like it has any sense of direction lately, I have a solution for you: Jesus. The name above all other names. Plain and simple! That's it. He's the one who was moved with so much compassion for you that he gave up everything to save you. The next verse spills it all...
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"But when Jesus saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd." Matthew 9:36

Let the drifter in you die. Don't wait for the wind, or the wings of the sea, or the raven, or the papaya tree. Wait for the shepherd and let Him guide your life and make it more meaningful.

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My life now:

One of my middle schoolers, M, asked me a question like a month back. She said she had a crush on a guy in her class and did not know what to do about it. I told her to make sure that he doesn't know she has a crush on him (lol). Funny enough, last week I took her out and she was telling me that she's done with the crush, that she did not even understand why she had a crush on him in the first place. I already kind of figured she would get tired of him anyways. Talk about a sense of direction! *wink*

Have a blessed day guys!