Rearview Mirrors and Lines In The Sand

Thanks to all the ladies who made last week's discussion great! And thanks especially to Angela for getting us to dig deeper on the issue of faith. Can't wait to see what you all are thinking this week.

This week at Bible study we all agreed that life gets hard when you make a decision to 'live by faith'. Things that might not have been an issue to you before seem to grow into an area that now requires faith. The greatest illustration for this was the story in Chapter 2 about the rearview mirror. How true is it that we do use our rearview mirrors for dangerous and unnecessary things like putting on makeup while driving or fussing at our kids. And there is truth in the fact that we can not look behind us and in front of us at the same time. It IS much safer to stay focused on the road ahead! The same is true for our faith walk. I think it would be great for us this week to use a dry erase marker to write on our rearview mirror the things in our life(good or bad) that keep us from focusing on the road God has called us to. What would that be for you?

The book also talked of drawing a line in the sand. We are 'to leave our past behind and determine to proceed foward with God.' We discussed how that does not always mean changing your physical location, but that it is most of the time the act of changing your mind-set and spiritual perspective. But the part that hit us the hardest was the sentence: Leaving is usually an act of obedience and not a desire of the heart.

What about you? What is behind the line in the sand for you? What is in your rearview mirror? If faith is so hard why do we continue living this life? What are the advantages of 'living by faith'?