B is for Beep....Beep NO BRAKES!

B is for Beep...Beep-NO BRAKES! Please, get out of my way!

It seems like sometimes I am barreling through my days and I can't seem to find a way to stop until either someone or something gets in my way. And while I may shout or holler at those in my way, today I think that maybe, just maybe those distractions, people etc. just might have been a blessing and I am trying to be thankful for them.

An example: Today, we went to the library. I love books. I admit it. I'm not ashamed that I love those inanimate collections of papers, book covers and words. Yes, I love them yet, even I admit it was a bit much when I checked out so many books that my daughter had to take three trips back and forth from the checkout desk to the van. Excessive barreling...perhaps but not without cause.

You see, I was going along in my life, happily I might add when God put a series of roadblocks in my way. Some were small but others were such huge blocks that I couldn't go around, under, over or even through them. I had to stop and stop I did.

But it has been in the stopping where I have found a direction, where I have realized that the direction I was going in -even though I was happy-was not a good direction. I was in fact in grave danger...not physical danger-spiritual danger.

In essence, God used those blocks which at the time they appeared made me upset, angry and I felt hurt, to redirect my path. I have changed my direction and I seem to be barreling along again-thus the books. I have so much to do, so much to learn, so much to discover and though I'm a little concerned about a few bumps ahead, I am confident in the direction I'm going.

In hindsight, I think about those roadblocks and I remember how I reacted horribly to those temporarily inconvenient and transient moments of life and I wonder if somehow I could have responded better. I am sure I could have been more patient and understanding but most all I know I should have trusted God more.

I guess, the one redeeming thing I can take from this is that there will likely be more blocks ahead.

All is well.
Peace and Blessings,

JulieD