1. SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING
THAT FITS
There's a beach on the north shore of Lake
Superior that fascinated me as a child. It was a
bit hard to get to, unless you had a boat, because
the only land access was up over the back of the
high cliff. My brother and I made the trek often
and would spend hours on that beach, searching.
It was a pebble beach, it's entire length strewn
with rounded stones of all sizes and colors. My

2. favorites were black. They absorbed the heat
from the sun and felt warm and comforting when
you held them in the palm of your hand. I spent
hours searching for the perfect stone that fit my
hand as though it had been cut from it. Sometimes
I was successful, but more often than not, I
walked away from that beach, dissatisfied. I
would
would carry a stone or two around for a while,
but usually drop it, in favor of another that
looked more promising. Sometimes I'd take one
home, to add to my collection.
As I look back on my life since those days of
childhood, I realize much of it was spent
searching for something in life that fit, something
I could hold on to, that would bring me
satisfaction and fulfillment. I picked up a lot of
stones that didn't fit; jobs, hobbies, diversions, even
friends and closer relationships. All were efforts
fill
to fill the void in my life. All were attempts to
find something that fit. Like my search for the
perfect stone on the shore, I was never totally
satisfied.
It was not until many years later that I
discovered I was going about it all wrong. I was
trying to fit something external to my shape, my
way of thinking, my way of dealing with life. It

3. wasn't until I turned to spiritual things that I
realized I was the one that had to fit. I was the
small round stone that had fallen away and had
to find its place again, in God's hand.
In John 15, Jesus tells us how to do that, He says:
"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.
Now
Now remain in my love." (John 15:9) He also says,
"Abide in me."
Abiding is effortless. It's a simple act of rest.
Jesus is saying, live in me. Live as though you were
being held in the palm of God's hand. There is no
comfort
safer place, no place that offers more comfort
and peace, and no place that gives more
satisfaction and sense of fulfillment. You are the
stone. Jesus is holding out His hand, waiting for
you to curl up in it. It's the place where you will
always fit.
by way of Christian Voices
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