Going into town yesterday was about the fastest trip in a long time; all the traffic signals were green the entire way! That is totally amazing because in the eight mile stretch, there are plenty.
Of course, I am delighted when things go so smoothly because sometimes I am a tad behind schedule, wanting never to be late for an appointment. I would rather be ten minutes early rather than late.
As I came to each intersection I wondered how long this good fortune would continue. Thoughts came; "this is sort of like life." Sometimes our life goes smoothly, other times we get stopped and we must wait for circumstances until we can move on.
I'm not real patient sometimes especially when I don't know how long the light will be. Same way in life, waiting for an answer from a Medicaid application or a Medicare situation, can tip me upside down.
It even came to me that when life put me in quagmire and I could hardly move I finally resorted to prayer. Maybe a better perspective was that because of being slowed down I had the time to pray...couldn't do much else at that time! Life often puts us in the fast lane and it can become a struggle to carve specific time out to pray.
There are kids/husbands/illness...you name it; even finding time to pray is a challenge. Ash Wednesday is upon us, the beginning of Lent. It is a time to slow down, take stock of our spiritual life and be a witness in living our Christian life.
This is a perfect time to pause a bit to reflect on our own life, our red lights, orange lights and even green lights. What do all the green lights do for us and can we identify the benefits and blessings that have come because of our orange and red lights? What messages are these signals bringing to you? I was amazed. Maybe you will be too.
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