Another Church Sign

If there are no obstacles on your path, than it probably doesn't lead anywhere
~Peace Lutheran Church, Abbotsford BC

I realise that everyone faces obastacles in their lives. It takes so much energy to face them and overcome them though. I guess it takes a lot of energy to avoid them too. The question that I'm stuck with is does God create the obstacle for you to overcome? Or is it the devil/world/us without God that creates them? And I think that sometimes I create additional obstacles for me to face when I'm confronting the original ones. Fuck. It's never ending. And there are days when it doesn't feel like the path filled with obstacles is going to lead anywhere, that the obstacle in my way is a dead end.

I need to think and pray about this one...