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I am musing about....

Traffic Lanes


We just got back from a beautiful road trip to the sunny south. Traffic was a part of life for awhile...and it got me to thinking.  About the traffic lanes of life.

Sometimes we find ourselves on a road well traveled, and at other time we are on a more isolated, possibly lonely albeit scenic route.

We need to be aware of those around us, to be looking out for their wellbeing, as well as our own.

Sometimes we are in the fast lane, so to speak and things are clipping along smoothly and quickly. But while there, we may find ourselves almost on cruise or auto-pilot, going through the motions, but not taking in the beauty of our blurred surroundings.

At other times, God places us in a jam of sorts. Our patience is tested. Our own desires are circumvented, but with the right attitude, we have time to look around and take in what is around us. Sometimes the view will be something beautiful and breathtaking and we will be thankful we are there.

Other times, the view will be disturbing or unpleasant and we will want to hurry on through. But we can't.  We realize, in taking time for prayer, that it gives us a chance to reflect and consider. And maybe God gives us a vision or tweaks our sense of purpose.

There will be those times that we go straight ahead and at other times our navigation has us veering to the right or to the left, to take a new route or another way. The important thing is that we have our navigation on and refer often to it, to our Biblical map.

If we want to get to our destination we need to know what it is. We need to stay focused and "on track".   In our humanness, when we make a wrong turn, may we be thankful for the convicting voice of our God telling us to "recalculate" and for His merciful love in redirecting us back to the way we should go.

May we be courteous, signaling correctly and safely, abstaining from ragefully blaring, not cutting in front of others, gracefully allowing others to "merge in".  Even facilitating the process when able.

How thankful I am that God is my passenger as I journey through this life. Let me reword that. May He always be the driver, and I the passenger, for in that scenario the trip will be blessed and someday the beautiful destination will be reached. The waypoints that we experience along the way will be worthwhile and the beauty we observe, the blessings we experience will hold wonder and meaning. For thus is God's travel plan as we traffic the lanes of life!


                                                




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