I had just made a trip into sunny Florida and now I was on the way back home to Alabama. The trip wasn’t a long one, just an hour. However, duty called and I felt pressed to get back home.
Traveling down the highway; I looked left and then to the right. While gazing out along the road, this thought entered my mind: Had I ever wondered about what is going on in the trees and grasses? No, not really.
Just past the spot where the light meets the darkness is another world; a world that belongs to the animals and the insects. No traffic to contend with or crime, just peace and contentment. I should think about this inner world not my own.
Then, I drove over the causeway that spans Mobile Bay and traffic stopped. What now I thought. Some “fool” down the road has made a blunder and is interrupting my trip. Then I saw the blue sky and the water, and my thoughts changed.
Look at all the colors in the clouds, white, blue, light and dark gray and black all set against the bright blue sky. I said to myself; only God can paint a picture like this.
The waves rippled across the waters of Mobile Bay. Some large and some small, and it occurred to me that that is how our lives are; sometimes our lives make big ripples and sometimes they make small ripples, but, they all affect the big picture some how.
This was not a delay in my life, ‘twas an invitation from God to stop and look at what He has done for all of us.
