Taking A Ride.

Sometime. Sometimes, you just have to remind yourself to give your head a shake. Sometimes things don’t work out. Sometimes the best laid plans of mice and men never become reality. I guess it is something akin to always meaning to read Steinbeck’s book, Of Mice and Men. If you are somewhat like me you set plans and then go to work to make it happen. Just like summer vacation. Doesn’t always turn out the way we would have liked it. Or it could be that it was never a good idea to begin with.

I remember a planned day trip we were going to take to the lovely town of Port Hope. Thought about it, made decisions on what, where, when, why and how, lunch packed, everyone ready? Well, not quite. Seems someone needed to wait for the mail to arrive. So, the 8:30 am start was postponed until – 10:30, or whenever the mail arrived.

Non-funny thing was, the envelope never did arrive that morning. No sooner did we get on the road and happily aimed in the right direction then someone said they needed a washroom break… MMMMMMMMMM. Driving as far as I could until the urgency changed to ‘Now!” we pulled off the 401 and got out and went into the mall. This side trip ended up to take a little longer than I anticipated. Seems some individuals, who had been in the back seat of the car, made it a nice chance to just walk around for a few minutes. Well, minutes became an hour or so.  

When we finally returned to the car, it was later than I imagined. I pulled onto the highway and started to drive. No one noticed anything unusual at first. After about thirty minutes someone asked, “Are we going in the right direction?”  To which I said yes. But the direction was not to Port Hope but back home. The day was too far spent to make it to the original destination and allow time to enjoy this day trip. I made an executive decision to turn around and go back the way we came. We ended up having our picnic dinner on the banks of the Speed River in Guelph’s city centre. And it was perfect.

I learned something that day.  Maybe we aren’t meant to get where we plan on going. Maybe we make plans and God decides to change them. Maybe, God has a better place for us. A place of His choosing and he will direct our path in the right direction. If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Saviour, Heaven is your final destination. In the meantime, God will take you on a spiritual journey you would have never imagined. His idea is to take you places that are out of this world. Are you up for His journey?

Something to think about