Sojourner's Ramblings

I was already running late. The last time I'd gone to Steve and Adrian's I was probably an hour late getting there...so this time I was a little bit antsy about being late yet again. Somewhere along State Route 3, I started to see those "men working" signs. "Road work ahead"....then "one lane road ahead"...finally "flagger ahead". The line of cars ahead of me was allowed to pass but since I was tagging a ways behind, mr flagger-man decided to turn his SLOW sign to STOP. After the line of cars ahead of me was out of sight is when I began to wonder just what was going on here. Here I was with mr flagger-man making me even later when the only apparent road work ahead was a single dump truck and a couple men filling holes on the road. Yet I waited....and waited. Everything that I knew about life...and everything that I could see...told me there was no reason to be sitting here waiting. Waiting on what? Nothing it appeared. Why couldn't mr flagger-man just let me go? Yet I waited some more. Eventually, I realized that mr flagger man, not unlike God, knew something I didn't know. He had knowledge of what was around the bend just ahead...out of my sight. He knew there was a line of cars soon coming to meet me and while everything in me told me it would have been completely safe to go ahead, the reality of it was that it wasn't safe at all. Mr flagger-man knew at what exact moment it would be safe for me to proceed. And when that time came....he turned his STOP sign to SLOW and I moved ahead. It got me to thinking about my life. It made me think of the times when I thought I knew what was best and arrogantly moved ahead...and how many times it turned into trouble. And it also reminded me of the times when I've waited...for no explainable reason...but eventually, almost on instinct, moved ahead and how many times the results of that have been so sweet. So, as for me, I'll just keep waiting....waiting on mr flagger-man to tell me when it's time to move ahead. "Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; He's the one that will keep you on track. Don't assume that you know it all." ~ The Message