Back home, although the roads are extremely busy and bumpy, I can drive without thinking because it's comfortable to me. I dare to say that I'm a little negligent as a NY driver because this is the place that I know and everyone else is doing the same thing.
However, the challenge for me in my new place of residence is that I'm still learning my way around, so I find myself "pumping the brakes" pretty often. I drive with extra care...extra precaution. Those windy roads that I mentioned present anxieties of the unexpected simply because I'm not familiar with them. When I first moved here, making my way around town, I would hold my breath while I was driving. Sounds strange, right? Don't worry, at some point, I do exhale, but it's usually at the end of my trip.
Anyway, my encouragement for you today is very simple. God knows what He's doing and He happens to be smarter than you. I get it...life has happened and, in your opinion, it's hard to trust even Him sometimes. And so, you find yourself gripping the wheel and driving because you know where you are trying to go and you know all of the short cuts. Yes, I said the "short cuts"...we can all agree that at some point we felt like God was taking too long.
Today, as I'm slowly settling in this new place, I find that I actually enjoy the long, windy back roads with their unexpected twists and turns. I even enjoy stopping for an occasional deer because it gives me something to look at and learn while I wait.
Only God knows what's around the next turn for me. On the back roads (in my secret place), there's just Him and I in the vehicle He uses to get me where I'm going. There's movement. I'm nervous, but there's movement. I get a little anxious because this new turn came up on me so quickly, but there's movement.
So trust God and trust your journey...movement means you're still breathing. The process hasn't killed you. Be encouraged and keep stirring!
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