I no longer question these things.

I had my favorite devotional book (Come Away My Beloved) out this morning, of course, to read in my prayer time. I have a marker in it and shut it every day on that mark. Often if I come home for lunch I open it and read another section. I picked it up a bit ago—I started reading, and into realized this was NOT my next one. Somehow the mark had switched but I was amazed by what I was reading. Think back to my dream from Friday night about the steep and narrow mountain road that would take me into beauty. The heading on this one was “The Road is Steep.” I read it through once I realized I was probably supposed to be reading it, as it was many pages away from my reading. It is about being a chosen vessel of the Lord and being called to purity and holiness for His purposes. Here is the last paragraph:

Holiness is arrived at by no low road. The road to holiness is narrow and steep and exceedingly lonely. There is no other road. “It is the way the Master went, Shall not His servants tread it still?

The road is steep and narrow?

Didn’t I just write that a few days ago?

Today when I got home I received my notice from INS of when my citizenship appointment was. Beverly had told me not to worry, that God knew when I was going to be in the state, didn’t I trust Him to make my appointment when I could be there so I did not have to reschedule for months later? And there it was—the suspense was there the second I saw “Department of Homeland Security” on the envelope. July 14. Perfect. Right smack in the middle of my travel. Perfect. That is my God. I called Robin to leave her another message, and I bust out laughing when I started to tell her. I had just left a message and told her I actually did not have any confirmations or stories to tell her today, but it was only 1:30. So then I called back and said I had to tell her what happened. And then I laughed. I realized it must not surprise her anymore to come home to messages from me about the latest thing God has done. The confirmations are almost daily. I hung up and fell asleep for a few minutes lost in worship.

The road is steep and narrow, but there is no other way there.