Do you ever feel as though a particular situation in life has you waiting at a bus stop? You know the route you need to take to make it where you're going, as well as the bus number. You may have even had the route verified by a veteran of the city bus system, a seasoned bus-riding pro if you will. Maybe you've even gone straight to the source and gotten your route mapped out from the Real Bus Authority at the downtown office. Yet, still you find yourself sitting there waiting for the bus to arrive.
While it's true that the bus you're waiting for operates on a very specific schedule, it just may have had to take a construction detour, gotten a flat tire, or any number of other possibilities which only causes the delay you are now forced to deal with. Well, this bus stop is exactly where I seem to find myself today. I know where it is I need to go and perhaps even how to get there and I think I know when my bus is supposed to arrive. The problem is that as the scheduled arrival time seems to be approaching I still don't recognize any sign of my bus...And, well, you see, my bus stop is near the end of a long road which means I ought to be able to see it coming from a ways away. Yet, still I wait.
The waiting wouldn't be quite so bad if that old bus riding veteran were waiting with me. I'm sure he'd be able to provide some reassurance about the bus, or maybe he knows why it so long in coming. Unfortunately though, he seems to have caught an earlier bus this time around and so I must wait alone...or at least it seems. Of course I know the Great Bus Driver above is near enough to see me and hear me, but I sometimes struggle to do the same.
...At least that's how it feels right now.
1 comment:
Tim,
I understand where you are coming from, life is full of obstacles and I feel like God is making me stronger for the challenges we sometimes face in life, change is a part of life and I think rolling with the changes and thanking God everyday for what he has done and being patient for the future has helped me recently. As I have gone through alot of changes in the last 2 years, alot of emotions, hurt from the past and moving forward and healing those hurts. My wife and soul mate has told me and this is one of my favorite quotes ever and by her as well, "Heal the past, live the present and Dream the future", I think that quote says it all. God wants us to look to him for guidance and to ask him to heal our hurts and heal the past and live the present and dream and plan for the future, God has taught me this in the last 2 years, and I have become a new man, and I strive to be closer to God everyday, yet sometimes I am not perfect but my intentions are good, I try to do the best I can, but we are all sinners, and that is why God has forgiven us and that is why he died on the cross for everyones sins, and that is such a blessing and God grace is so special, I will continue to strive everyday to be closer to Jesus and I will lead my family in this way as well. I pray that God will bless Lori and I with a child in the future, within the next 2 years hopefully, we want to have kids, but may not be able to, but God is ultimately in control, and miracles can happen, I am always very optimistic, and I think anything is possible.
I have been rambling, I hope some of what I said helps others, and I wish everyone peace and Gods love.
God Bless.
Ryan
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