Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths.

Psalm 25:4

At one point in college, I felt aimless and confused, at a loss determining the direction for my life. Now in retirement, after many blessed years as an international Christian educator, I’ve re-read my diaries. They reveal a history of Spirit-filled mentorship. As a public-school student, I was naïve about the Holy Spirit’s influence through family, friends, church workers, and others.

These mentors led me to His truths and taught me His paths. How effectively God surrounded me with His specially chosen people to teach me these foundational truths! Grounded in Scripture, secure in their own Christian faith, they were remarkable instruments of God’s resurrection power in action! Because of their abiding faith working through God’s love, my life has been blessed in ways I never expected!

Alice E. Smith
Frankenmuth, MI

O Lord, thank You for those who taught me to know Your ways and have led me to prayerfully follow Your paths. Amen.

Reflect: Give thanks for the individuals God placed in your life to help you discover your identity in Christ.

Read: Psalm 145:4 and Ephesians 3:16-19