Growing up in a small, rural town of 750, I still get a bit nervous while navigating my way around Kansas City.  Whew! I hate when I don’t know where I’m going. I fear I’ll get lost.  I especially dislike tons of turbo traffic with merges and off ramps- it has the ability to put me in a panic attack. 

But thanks to my IPHONE- (I can’t believe I once made fun of people who thought they had to have one) my GPS system and SIRI can guide me to anywhere I want to go.  Most of the time. 😉

I needed to go to COSTCO to pick up a cake. No problem-right? I told SIRI and off we went. Bethany and I.

I was only 10 minutes away from COSTCO when SIRI began to reroute us. My heart began beating faster. I don’t like to be re-routed.

“Ummmmm- Bethany- what should I do? Should I follow directions or should I go the way I think is right?”

“Mo-om.  Follow directions. You don’t get lost then.”   (it’s so much easier for Bethany 😉 )

Every instinct told me something wasn’t right. I had just a split second to decide to follow where SIRI was redirecting me.

It all became clear; a minute later as I saw construction had changed everything! What was once familiar and fairly memorized- was now a new jumble of clover-leafs and exit ramps.  I really started getting anxious but told myself to calm down and just follow what SIRI was telling us to do.

20 minutes later, after a confusing amount of turns, detours, and even two roundabouts- Bethany and I pulled into COSTCO’s parking lot.

“See Mom. I told you to follow directions.” Bethany skipped ahead- oblivious to my internal angst and struggle I had overcome to get where we were going.

It’s hard when the familiar is stripped away. It alarms and distresses me when I don’t recognize where I am or how I’m supposed to get where I want to go.

It’s also difficult for me to surrender my control; to trust “someone” leading me in uncharted, untraveled paths.

Not just in my “physical” life- but especially in my spiritually lived life.”  You know- the eternal journey that is palpable- yet remains, for the most part mysteriously invisible.

I had to choose to “follow the directions”- even though they didn’t make sense to me at the time.  It was successful because- SIRI was giving me updated information from a satellite somewhere up there that I couldn’t see-  that had the bigger picture.

God is the Ultimate GPS- God Positioning System

I’m learning to trust that He has the bigger picture all the time!

He knows when I should detour or stop.

He knows when to reroute my path and take me a previously unknown way.

But the biggest comfort is this:

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Surprising Treasures: Psalm 139:  ³ You chart the path ahead of me and tell me where to stop and rest. Every moment you know where I am. ⁴ You know what I am going to say before I even say it. ⁵ You go before me and follow me and place your hand of blessing on my head.

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