Road Sign

 

 

Week of January 27

 

I recently moved to Minnesota from Florida.  As I was driving home from a job interview my mind started to wonder. I  thought about my future in this new state. Lord am I suppose to take this job or the one I interviewed for yesterday? I was getting tired of waiting for what God has for me next.  I could feel myself getting anxious as I was thinking about money. Can I afford to live alone? How much longer can I work just part time without health care benefits? How much time off will I get and what about the holidays, and on and on and on. 

 

At this point I realized the beautiful city backdrop of buildings sparkling in the sunlight was behind me. Seeing the city skyline is one of my favorite views and somehow, as I looked at my new home city rushing past my car window, I had relaxed and been lost in my thoughts. I had missed my exit and was in unfamiliar territory. As I looked to get my bearings I saw a bright yellow sign ahead.  I struggled to read it, and as I got closer, I thought I saw the word trust.  I laughed out loud for there, in big letters, and I am not kidding were the words-”TRUST ME!” – God.

 

  Even though I was traveling seventy miles an hour, I felt like time had just stopped.  With a chuckle I let go of all those thoughts and decided to do what I was told and leave the details up to God and to TRUST HIM. 

 

As I got off the highway and turned my car around to find my way back to a familiar highway, I knew it was no mistake that I had become lost and saw the yellow billboard.  Also in that moment of quietness I recalled that in the morning I had asked God to reveal himself to me with this interview and to make it obvious what I was to do. He made it obvious. God continues to amaze and amuse me.

 

Beth Bishop

Minneapolis, Minnesota