sooo, i’ve been “out of the office” since last wednesday, and actually without internet, until last night…that has been a little strange, but i survived!!! and i didn’t really miss out on too much…we drove a total of 10 hours out to missouri and then 10 hours to get back…not to mention all of the driving/riding while we were there, to and from the city…i would say that we drove over 25 hours total in a matter of 5 days…that is a good deal of the waking hours on the road…it seemed to be non-stop, going from one place to another with little time to sit and gather thoughts…
but one thing that seemed to be a theme for me on this trip, is cruise control…i am a HUGE fan of cruise control when i’m traveling on the highway…there are few things in life that annoy me more than people who can’t make up their mind how fast they want to travel…or they allow the phone conversation they are taking part it, decide how fast they should travel…i must admit that this is something that i allow to get under my skin and think rather unGodly thoughts!!! sometimes i even allow some of those thoughts to proceed out of my mouth…not so good, especially now that molly is understanding a lot more…
this got me thinking last night, as i was reflecting on the whole trip…i get agitated at people who don’t use cruise control in their vehicles…i want to keep moving and not be hindered in any way…but when it comes to my relationship with Christ, i allow too many hindrances…and they don’t tend to get me agitated…i’m a fan of sleep, i allow my life to get “too busy”, i have to get things checked off of that to-do list…and when i checked my journal and was reminded that i hadn’t spent time with God in a couple days…i didn’t drop everything and go do that…in fact i let it wait until the next morning…i was using my cruise control, but for another purpose…to take things at a leisurely pace and to get to them when i “had time” to…
at the same time, i have a tendency to go to the opposite extreme and count everything as a hindrance…which in turn closes me completely off and i miss out on opportunities that God has for me to minister to those around me…i need God’s help in finding that balance…in letting Him set the cruise control and change it as He sees fit…
this week i am focusing on not allowing things to dictate the pace at which i run the race…i’m focusing on making my relationship with Christ my priority and letting the to-do list take a backseat…i’m focusing on eliminating the hindrances…i’m focusing on keeping moving and not allowing things to get in the way of me doing what God has for me to do…i’m focusing on seeing people and situations the way that God sees them, and not just counting everything as a hinderance…
just cruisin’…
Glad you three are back safe and sound. I can’t wait to hear all about the trip!
I AMEN your blog big time. It’s easy to put on the old cruise control and to let life just go. Time with God has to be a priority!