A Thousand Words

A picture can speak a thousand words sometimes. Like the picture that goes along with this post. We come to times in our lives that the road ahead is definitely washed away and God does not want us to go in that direction or maybe He wants us to wait there until the road is ready, but we come up with our own plans on how to keep going. We devise all sorts of ways to keep on the same path because it’s easier than finding another way.

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I don’t like change and sometimes it doesn’t bother me at all. We head off on our little plan of life thinking it’s going to be a nice, smooth and relaxing journey and then all of a sudden we come around the bend and the road is gone. It’s a lot of effort to turn back in life and find a new route to take. It’s difficult to sit and wait for that road to be opened back up as well.

So, what do we normally do?  We come up with all sorts of ideas on how we can continue on the same path we were heading even though we have crystal clear evidence that we should not and there are dangerous risks involved if we do. It reminds me of many times in my life that I pushed on and it didn’t work out to well.

We make plans on how our life is supposed to progress and we have dreams that we want to fulfill, but we have to be open to the plan of God for our lives. We need to see that the roadblocks that we come across and the roads that are washed away my be God telling us that this is not the direction He wants us to go. Maybe He wants us to turn back or maybe He wants us to wait. What He doesn’t want is for us to make our own plans on how to get past the situation. He will let us, because He gave us free will, but we will suffer the consequences for not being obedient.

Have a great day and God bless.