I am on a path that leads somewhere. 

At least, I hope it does. 
Every day, I face numerous decision points. 

Should I do this, or that?

Go this way or that way?

Spend or save?

Eat out or stay in?

Sometimes, the choices are huge. Life-changing. Family-altering. 

Accept the transfer, or find a new job?

Buy or rent?

Move, or stay?

Go on a mission trip?

Audition for that role?

Apply for that promotion?

Go away for college?

So many decisions. So many unknowns. So much room for doubt. 

I've come to recognize that I make better choices when I focus on the long-term, rather than the short-term.  If I save now, I will have more to spend later. If I exercise now, I will feel better later. If I invest in a relationship now, it will be stronger later. 

The bigger picture matters more than the one that I can currently see. As a matter of fact, when I am in the midst of the confusion of day-to-day life, from my point of view, it rarely makes sense. I feel like I am spinning my wheels, going nowhere at times. I feel as if I am accomplishing nothing in the short-term, which gives me reason to doubt the long-term. I need signs of progress along the way, and some days, there simply are none. 

Some days, I feel as if I am stuck. 

 I long to be at the end of this journey, crossing the finish line in triumph, and proving to the world that this was the right path. If this is a marathon, my marathon, I feel ill-prepared, as if I trained for the wrong race. 
But God is still here. He lifts my eyes to His. He guides my steps, even if they are going much slower than I had hoped.This is my journey, and He led me here. And that is enough for me. Because I may not know where this path, here on earth, is leading. But I do know that in the end, it leads me to Heaven, and straight into His arms. So, for today, I am focusing on the unseen. The eternal.The end. 

II Corinthians 4:18 - So, we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, and what is unseen is eternal. 

Can you share a time that you doubted your own journey, but later found proof of ways that God was working all along?