Gas Stations and Satellites

While driving back from Savannah this weekend we discovered we'd gone an hour too far on the wrong road. We had a choice: we could turn around and get back to where we'd gone wrong or we could go on a different route that might be quicker. We chose the second option. After driving for another four hours, most people probably would have said we made the wrong decision. But I'm not so sure. There are so many experiences and memories we could not have had if we'd just turned around. We chose to try something new. We may have failed, but the failure didn't really hurt us. 

Right now in my life, I feel like I'm on the way back from Savannah. I chose to step into the unknown. And right now it is looking a little bit like I'm in the middle of nowhere on some abandoned road and have no idea where I'm going. But I know I have to keep trying to find my way if I ever hope to get to where I want to be. So I'll just keep driving and stopping to ask for some direction along the way. 

The best part of this adventure was the GPS that we had all along. I know that on the adventure of my life, God has a satellite view of what is going on. He's not just some "honky-tonk redneck in a gas station." He is an all-knowing God who is trying to lead me home. Just like yesterday, there will be times on this crazy adventure of my life when I'll go outside of God's will just like on the way home we sometimes got off of the purple line, but I can just make a U-turn and get right back on it. And I know that one day God will lead me home and the path I took to get there will be so much more rewarding than if I'd just chosen to stick with what I knew.