Let your eyes
look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to
the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the
right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
- Proverbs 4:25-27 (NIV)
Happy birthday to my amazing husband, Randy!
To celebrate his birthday, we took a train ride on the Arkansas–Missouri Railroad Saturday, and it was absolutely wonderful. There’s something about riding a train that settles you in a different way—maybe it’s the slow rocking, maybe it’s the steady rhythm of the wheels, or maybe it’s just the chance to step back and breathe for a minute.
One of my favorite parts was stepping out onto the back platform of the train car. I stood there watching the tracks disappear behind us, the wind brushing across my face, and I found myself thinking about how grateful I was that those tracks stayed right where they were supposed to be… especially as we crossed a few very tall trestles!
But of course, as my mind tends to do, it wandered to my spiritual life.
Isn’t it funny how a train can stay perfectly on track through hills, curves, and bridges—while I can slip off track over the tiniest little thing?
Have you noticed how easy it is to drift off course?
It doesn’t take a dramatic derailment—just one little distraction. One unexpected setback. One irritating comment. One worry I let simmer too long. And suddenly I’m spiritually wobbling all over the place.
I can start my day with the best intentions—Bible open, heart steady, coffee in hand—and somehow end up chasing everything but what God asked me to focus on. Meanwhile, that train stays locked onto its tracks no matter what comes around the bend.
This scripture reminds me that staying on God’s path takes intention.
God doesn’t say, “Glance ahead when you remember.”
He says, Fix your gaze.
Look straight ahead.
Stay steady.
Don’t drift.
Life will always tug at us—people’s opinions, stress, old habits, our own emotions that flare up out of nowhere. But when our eyes stay on Him, He keeps our steps firm, even when the path is narrow or the trestle is high and a little scary.
And just like a train engineer follows the rails laid out before him, we follow the path God places before us—trusting that He knows every turn and every crossing long before we get there.
Today, I want to be more intentional about where my eyes are.
Not on the distractions.
Not on the things that knock me sideways.
But straight ahead—toward God’s purpose, God’s voice, and God’s heart.
Because the more I focus on Him, the less likely I am to derail over something small.
#dailybreadbykitty
Daily Inspiration from the Bible
- Proverbs 4:25-27 (NIV)
Happy birthday to my amazing husband, Randy!
To celebrate his birthday, we took a train ride on the Arkansas–Missouri Railroad Saturday, and it was absolutely wonderful. There’s something about riding a train that settles you in a different way—maybe it’s the slow rocking, maybe it’s the steady rhythm of the wheels, or maybe it’s just the chance to step back and breathe for a minute.
One of my favorite parts was stepping out onto the back platform of the train car. I stood there watching the tracks disappear behind us, the wind brushing across my face, and I found myself thinking about how grateful I was that those tracks stayed right where they were supposed to be… especially as we crossed a few very tall trestles!
But of course, as my mind tends to do, it wandered to my spiritual life.
Isn’t it funny how a train can stay perfectly on track through hills, curves, and bridges—while I can slip off track over the tiniest little thing?
Have you noticed how easy it is to drift off course?
It doesn’t take a dramatic derailment—just one little distraction. One unexpected setback. One irritating comment. One worry I let simmer too long. And suddenly I’m spiritually wobbling all over the place.
I can start my day with the best intentions—Bible open, heart steady, coffee in hand—and somehow end up chasing everything but what God asked me to focus on. Meanwhile, that train stays locked onto its tracks no matter what comes around the bend.
This scripture reminds me that staying on God’s path takes intention.
God doesn’t say, “Glance ahead when you remember.”
He says, Fix your gaze.
Look straight ahead.
Stay steady.
Don’t drift.
Life will always tug at us—people’s opinions, stress, old habits, our own emotions that flare up out of nowhere. But when our eyes stay on Him, He keeps our steps firm, even when the path is narrow or the trestle is high and a little scary.
And just like a train engineer follows the rails laid out before him, we follow the path God places before us—trusting that He knows every turn and every crossing long before we get there.
Today, I want to be more intentional about where my eyes are.
Not on the distractions.
Not on the things that knock me sideways.
But straight ahead—toward God’s purpose, God’s voice, and God’s heart.
Because the more I focus on Him, the less likely I am to derail over something small.
#dailybreadbykitty
Daily Inspiration from the Bible
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