There we were traveling down the highway doing about 70 mph, the GPS warned us ahead of time to stay in the left lane. I repeated the warning loudly to my husband "STAY IN THE LEFT LANE." Suddenly the GPS screen went goofy. It started to scramble up on the screen, the map and directions were blinking on and off and the arrows and road names were jumping up and down on the screen like an EKG readout after downing a pot of coffee! I repeated "STAY IN THE LEFT LANE."
The GPS changed her course and announced turn right at the next Exit.
"DON'T LISTEN TO HER" I instructed " STAY IN THE LEFT LANE!"
My husband snapped "The GPS said to turn right at the next Exit!"
"DON'T LISTEN TO HER, I HAVE THE MAP STAY IN THE LEFT LANE!"
Not being able to listen to two women shouting directions at the same time (me and the GPS) he chose the GPS and turned right at the next Exit!
A thunderous discussion ensued as we drove around lost for the next 20 minutes.
(Have you ever had a thunderous discussion with your spouse when you were lost?)
The GPS straightened out and we finally got back on track and on road we were supposed to be on. Traffic was backed up and we saw a bunch of flashing lights and emergency vehicles ahead of us. There had been a multiple vehicle accident. Tow trucks, Fire engines, Police cars, and Paramedics were racing to and from the scene.
We looked at each other and realized if we had stayed in the left lane like the GPS and map originally directed us, we would have likely been in the middle of that accident!
But for the saving Grace of God go us.We immediately began praying for all of the people involved in the accident.
We have no explanation as to why that GPS suddenly went crazy and took us off our charted course. Nor can we explain why we could not find another exit to turn around and get back onto the highway, or why we had to drive around lost for 20 minutes, except for the hand of God and his hedge of protection!
"For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go." Psalm 91:11
How many times has God protected us from danger? How many times has he given us another chance?
How many times has he provided a way out?
Life is a journey. We travel down the road and many times we are not reading his Guidepost's along the way. We don't listen to his voice when he is warning us that we are going the wrong way. We end up lost on roads that are dead ends and we feel like we have no way out.
Sometimes it's a relationship, a job, a place,a thing. Either we end up on the path because we chose it ourselves, or we hitched a ride on someone else's wagon.
The only road I want to be on is the road that leads me to the Lord!
"Show me the right path, O LORD; point out the road for me to follow." Psalm 25:4
I have spent too much of my life going down the wrong roads. Wasted too many years choosing my own path or following someone else's. I want to live out the rest of my life on the road less traveled walking hand and hand with my savior.
If he says "Go" I will go. If he says "Stay" I will stay. Wherever he goes I will follow.
There are going to be bumps and Detours on the Journey, some are Divine Detours that God places in our path in order to protect us or teach us something along the way. Some bumps and Detours God places in order to slow us down when he is trying to talk to us and get our attention.
Just like when God re-routed our path so he could protect us from the accident ahead. Thanks be to God!
Let's all make sure to tune into the Holy Spirit's GPS for: Guidance. Protection. & Strength.!
You are not alone on this journey.God is with you. Even if you are lost, He is with you. If you took the wrong road, he is with you. It is not the road behind you but the road ahead of you that counts!
"In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:6
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord and share the Good News!
Donna Selma Lind
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