May your driver’s liscense be revoked. Not in the literal sense, hopefully. May it be in the spiritual sense.

Then you are reminded that you are not driving the car anyway, no matter how hard you grip the wheel. Or how much you try to steer the wheel to turn in a direction more to your liking. Or how much you step on the gas or stomp on the break. Simply, you are not in control. God is.

But one thing I’ve found in 38 years of living is this. While I may not always go where I want to go, or where I think I need to go, where God takes me always turn out to be the best places I could have gone. That’s where I have met people who have blessed me and changed me. That’s where I have been a part of seeing miracles happen and seeing God move in mighty ways.

I’m thankful beyond words for all the God-detours in my life that have led me to new friends and new places and new adventures I never would have found on my own. I’m thankful I’m not really driving, because I know the places I wanted to go would not have been good for me. The people I so desparately wanted to get to know and the girls I so desparately desired to date may not have been bad for me, but were far from God’s best for me.

So, thank you, all you unexpected and unplanned friends. You are now a part of me. You have driven me closer to true community and, best of all, to Jesus. A lifetime will never be enough to repay you for what you’ve done.

Thank You, Jesus, that though You may not always lead me in a way I understand or want to go, You always lead me to the places where You are and You always get me there safely and looking a little more like You.

Amen!