When our focus is on God, and we seek Him and love Him, He is faithful to guide us. Some call it our conscience, but I believe it’s the still small voice of God that warns us when we veer from the path.
As we move through life on this earth, we are taunted and teased at every turn, and like Eve in the garden, the serpents invite us to “just have a nibble”. What’s it going to hurt? Who’s going to know? Come on, just a little bite of this delicious sin.
At those times, God will walk behind us and guide us with His unconditional love, keeping us on the path to where He desires us to be: In His loving arms.
Some of us are getting to that age where the list of friends and loved ones that have passed on is growing longer much faster than we’d like. One of my pals on my list, Dale Hansen, has been on my mind lately. I ran into his sister at a recent high school reunion, then came across a post about him this morning. In 2011, he’d read one of my Daily Encouragements and commented the following: 
This is the picture of my boys that I carry in my heart.
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