Which Way Lord? Help! Signposts please!
- Christine Seaton
- 6 days ago
- 3 min read
Life can take on some sudden and unexpected changes, sometimes quite heart-rending. Such was the case when my husband David announced that his employers were redeploying him to work in Birmingham. This would be our fourth move in six years.
We were well settled as a family in Tynemouth in the North-East of England and had met and made great friends. The older children too had friends and were happy at school and our third child Caroline had just started nursery. We loved our home and location and life seemed ideal.
Our son Matthew was 13 years old and daughter Joanne 11years old and it would be mid-term when they would start in their new secondary school, certainly not the best time to uproot! We had found a church we absolutely loved after years of searching. God was doing extraordinary things amongst us, and we didn’t want to miss any of it.
We all hated the thought of relocating and we were seeking God and searching for ways to stay where we were, but this was not to be. I was heartbroken at the time. Which way Lord? Signposts please...
During this time, the Lord gave me a vivid dream. I was walking back along a stark high sided pathway, and I was conscious that the Lord was with me. All I could see were footprints both on the pathway floor and sides of the path which were too high to see over. To my surprise I began to notice that ever so often we came to a glowing flowerhead shining like a jewel in the overall starkness of the high sides of the path.
The Lord took me to look deeper into each flowerhead and in the first one I saw myself as a child at 5-years-old under a large oak tree, looking up into the sky and wondering where heaven was. The second one showed me as a teenager listening to a young teenage boy worshipping the Lord; I was fascinated by the peace and beauty he was creating. (My first introduction to Holy Spirit).
As Jesus and I continued looking into each flowerhead I was surprised that the Lord showed me such small things of my life and not the ‘spiritual highs’ I would have expected. Finally, we turned to leave the familiar trodden pathway and there in front of me was the stark reality of the virgin path ahead.
It was here the Lord spoke to me: ‘Will I not place more jewels along this path as I have in the past?’ I cannot say the road ahead was easy for any of the family and we had many hurdles to overcome. However, imagine my excitement when during a prayer meeting in our new church the minister read from Isaiah 54:11 ‘O afflicted city lashed by storms and not comforted. I will build you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with sapphires, I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels and all your walls of precious stones. All your sons will be taught by the Lord and great will be your children’s peace.’
God used this dream and scripture to comfort, reassure and give me a promise. With God there is always a promise. He is touching our lives with His beauty that we might shine like stars as in:
“We are His jewels, the apple of His eye – the cherished ones. What promises we have!” Philippians 2:15.
I think of the infinite number of gems God is creating along our different pathways.
With God (the One who sees all) they will surely be there. I guess we shall have to wait until we see Him face to face for the full picture of His handiwork. As Ecclesiastes 3:11 states: ‘He has made everything beautiful in its time.’
Many years later, I so rejoice in journeying with the Lord and look forward to every path He chooses for me.
Christine Seaton
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