“I drove over to Centerville the other day. The traffic was an absolute mess,” I said to Stan.
“I know it sure can be,” was his response. “Did you take the bypass?”
“Bypass? I didn’t know there was a bypass. How would I have found that?”
“Well,” Stan replied, “it is not real easy to find, but you could have gotten directions.”
“Boy, that probably would have saved me a lot of time.”
“And a lot of frustration,” Stan added.
Then he went on, “Has a lot of similarities to my walk with the Lord. If I ask for directions on how to get from point A to point B with God, He always has the right answer for how to get there the best way.”
Continuing, Stan said, “But too often I don’t ask the right questions. The result always is that I am stuck in the traffic of life on this side of eternity that is not going the best way.”
“Too often I think I know what is the best thing to do on my own, but, in fact, the best thing to do is to say to the Lord that I don’t know what to do and ask for directions to His bypass.”
“Can save a lot of heartache, frustration, and time going in the wrong direction.”
“Isn’t that what repentance is all about?” I asked with a smile.
“You got it, my friend,” was Stan’s response.
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The highway of the righteous is to depart from evil; he who watches
his way preserves his life. Proverbs 16:17.
Prayer: Lord, you have given me free will to go whatever way I want, but I want to go only the way you have for me. Your way is always best. I need and I ask for your help in getting me out of your way so you can show me where and which way you have for me to go. Amen.
Waiting for the Train 
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