On the way home from soccer tonight, Matt and I were driving along a winding road in town. It was getting dark and this winding road narrows a couple times over two small bridges. Even when I go over the bridges in the daytime with another car, I am cautious. So when I went over the bridges at dusk tonight, I was extra cautious as I passed a car coming from the other direction.
As I continued along I thought of Matt in the backseat. He was just chilling out, with no concern of the twists and turns or narrowing of the road. I loved the thought of how he rests while being driven around. He is able to rest because he trusts whoever is driving will get him where they are going.
This thought made me pause and think of God. In life He is the driver and we are the passengers. Rather than always trusting and resting where God is taking me, I am often the backseat driver with my eyes on the road trying to direct God, like I know better.
If you can relate, I invite you to join me to…
pause. breathe. pray.™
May we own our desire for control yet in the next breathe exhale and give control back to God. His thoughts are higher than our thoughts and His ways higher than ours ways. In this ride of life, may we follow Matt’s example, and trust where God is taking us and that He will help guide us through the twists and turns along the way, so we too can have rest for our souls.
With love and hope,
Shawn
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"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” - Isaiah 55:8-9