God Still Leads the Way

I first became acquainted with Harriet Tubman when my youngest grandson's school reading was "The Story of Harriet Tubman -- Conductor of the Underground Railroad" written by Kate McMullan.

Harriet couldn’t read or write. Let that sink in.
She wasn’t armed with education, influence, money, or connections. As a young girl, she suffered a brutal head injury from a cruel slave master -- an injury that left her with seizures and sudden blackouts for the rest of her life.

And yet -- God wrote a mighty story with her life.
Harriet escaped slavery, but she didn’t run away and forget the ones left behind. She turned around. Nineteen times. She returned to the South -- where chains still clanked, where hatred still ruled, and where her own life carried a price tag.

She led as many as three hundred people to freedom.
They called her “Moses.” And what a fitting name. Moses had a staff. Harriet had something even stronger. She had prayer.

Harriet carried a Bible and a hymnal on her dangerous journeys. She couldn’t read the words, but she had others read them aloud until she memorized them. Scripture wasn’t ink on a page to her -- it was oxygen to her soul.

“I prayed all the time,” she said. “I was always talking to the Lord.”
Imagine that. A woman hunted like an animal -- walking by faith like a queen.

Her life echoes the apostle Paul’s words:
“Rejoice always, PRAY CONTINUALLY,  give thanks in all circumstances…”
(1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)

Harriet teaches us something the world forgets.  God does not require perfect conditions to do powerful work. He only requires a willing heart.

So if you feel unqualified -- remember Harriet.
If you feel wounded -- remember Harriet.
If you feel afraid -- remember Harriet.

God specializes in using ordinary people with extraordinary dependence on Him.

Harriet didn’t have a literal locomotive guiding her, but she had something even stronger — the Light of God cutting through forests, fear, and uncertainty. That glowing engine almost feels symbolic of what she carried in her spirit -- unwavering direction in the darkest terrain.

Darkness may surround you.....
But Light is coming.
And it’s moving forward.

The same God who led Harriet through the shadows still leads His children today -- one brave step at a time.

So maybe it's time we became a stepper like Harriet -- never giving up until we're taken up! God still leads the way!

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