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Red-lights or Road Blocks
rebecca@rebeccafussell.com
Don't give up my friend.
I know it's hard some days. Or should I say some weeks or seasons . . . or years?
I’m not sure where I ever got the idea that life would be easy. I want to be strong, but I don’t want to have to lift the weight or push my comfort zone.
Obviously, it doesn’t work that way . . . obviously.
Driving to an appointment a while ago, I managed to hit almost every green light.
In rare form, I sailed through intersections without hindrance. Traffic flowed at the perfect pace, and all was well with the world!
I made the mistake of equating my driving ease with confirmation of God’s will for my life. Crazy I know . . .
I said, “God, this must be your will for my life! You have blown open every door and made it simple for me today.”
As soon as the words formulated in my thoughts it dawned on me the error of my assumption. So began the dialogue with me, myself and I.
Me started it off
with a chuckle. “Wait a minute, Rebecca. Are you saying if you hit a red-light, you’d just turn around and go home?”
I responded, “Well, no. Duh. I
don't like red-lights, but I know if I will just be patient it will turn green, and I’ll move forward towards my destination.”
Myself chimed in,
“You do realize that if you turned around every time you hit a stop-light, you’d probably never get home anyway. Chances are, the other lights on the pathway home would not all be green, and you’d be caught in no man’s land.”
True dat.
Same is true along the path of life. Just because I hit a red-light doesn’t mean it’s time to turn around and head back. I need the discipline and focus to push through those paused times,
or I’ll never reach the destination God has prepared for me.
One huge point my husband Ronnie reminded me of is the fact that red-lights often protect us from disaster.
My cousin Daniel joined in by asking me to name one hero in history or the Bible that turned around or quit when the going got tough.
I couldn’t.
. . . because heroes don't quit. For me to achieve God’s plan
for my life it will require a sense of determination
not to give up just because it gets uncomfortable.
Some days, I face problems and situations that I’d like to chunk into the St Johns River. Anyone else?! I’d rather just turn around and escape the situation.
Sure. At times, God does place road blocks in our life, and we must turn back. But there is a huge difference between a red-light and a road block.
I don’t want to throw in the towel everytime the going gets tough or things don’t move as quickly as I’d like. I want to do as Paul encouraged Timothy in II Timothy 2:3, “Thou therefore endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”
I can endure because He’s not sending me out on life’s journey solo! He’s always with me, and I rest in that fact.
So today, I’ll endure patiently through the red-lights
in my life. I’ll push forward
knowing that God’s got this. He is with me
and will get me to the place He wants me, right on time.
I walk. They ride. Bicycles that is.
Her name was Beatrix—Bea for short.
I can laugh about it now—quite hysterically in fact. I should’ve known, but I didn’t.
Happy New Year ~ almost! You know what that means…
Do you know what today is?
Years ago, Ronnie, Chandler and I piled into the car ready for a fun weekend away.
Life was hard. Money was short. And sleep was shorter still.
Mother or not, this post is for you.
I didn’t really have time. But this time, it didn’t matter.
The rubber tourniquet squeezed my bicep preparing my vein for the prick.