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Road Trip Lessons

10/9/2020

 
“I’m headed into downtown Minneapolis! Why?” I took a quick glance at my navigator for our family vacation.
Mom shrugged. “It’s the way my phone said to go.”
“I thought we were trying to avoid downtown.” I was unhappy, and my mom knew it. “Can’t you fix this?”
But at that late juncture, there was nothing to be done. As we rolled through high rises of made chrome and glass, I started thinking.
I could argue with my mother about the best navigation strategy because:
  1. A. Mom is human, and I am human. We both make mistakes and have communication breakdowns.
  2. B. She was sitting right next to me…in a small car. Hence, she had to listen and engage with me.
  3. C. I knew where we were going.
  4. D. And I knew there were alternative routes because I had seen the map before.
My problem is, I think I can also argue with God.
  1. But God is not human – God is…God. All-powerful. All-knowing. All-present. He never makes mistakes. He understands everything -- even when I am convinced that if I could just explain my side of the argument better – He would agree with me!
  2. And God is always there. He hears everything even what I am unable to communicate or refusing to tell Him.
That’s Who God is, and when I see Him as He is – arguing is completely unthinkable…especially when I understand who I am.
  1. I don’t understand where we are going. Even if I think I do, hind sight demonstrates clearly – I don’t.
  2. And though I have pleaded with God for one, I have sure never seen the map for my life.
That’s me.
​Praise God – I lose all my arguments with Him.

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