Detours

Wrote on 06/16/08


Detours are a pain the neck...all you want to do is get to your destination and 9 times out of 10 are in a rush. Detours add another 5, sometimes 20 minutes to your trip.

I was driving today on my lunch break and came across a detour. It was a relatively short one, but I somehow became annoyed. I took a deep breath and just as he always does when I am wondering why I am so upset about something so minscule...he gave me a revelation. Praise you God.

Sometimes there are things or places in our life that we want to be or to have...like NOW. "What do you mean WAIT?!?!?!" Why wait? And sometimes, just like detours, God has another way for us.

Just like Detours, God brings us a different way and many times it takes LONGER to get what we wanted. BUT how many of you know that God is a FAITHFUL, LOVING and PROTECTING God?

Who knows why the detours are there....sometimes road work is the cause...pot holes being fixed...bridges repaired, sidewalks being placed..etc...but other times it could be because of an accident, or maybe flooding on the roads or fire....sometimes it can be DANGEROUS....the road that we WANT to go on can be dangerous, but just like detours, our faithful Father protects us and leads us by the hand into the way everlasting.

God, I thank you for all of the times that you didnt give me what I wanted at the time...because you saw down "the road" and didnt like what you saw for me, had I continued on that path. Thank you for providing "detours" in my life and for eventually allowing me to see that the detour all along provided a safer alternative.

I praise you and I love you Father...amen.