Broken Legs

You are driving down the highway, road, street or parking lot when you see it. The dreaded driver not paying attention to anything around them. They are driving as though they are the only people on Earth when it happens. They pull right out in front of you! And, to make matters worse...they hit their brakes! AAAggghhh!!!!! I'm sure that has never happened to you, right?

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I was driving to work this morning and not only did it happen to me once it happened to me three times! People were just shooting out of parking lots of convenience stores, fast food restaurants and the bank as if I wasn't even on the roadway. It was as if they were flooring the gas to get in front of me and then hitting their brakes which in turn made me have to hit my brakes and scream out in frustration!

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I wonder why people do this? I don't do it! What are they thinking? Are they paying attention? Do they have a lot on their minds? Are they trying to ruin my day? Do they want me to hit them so they can buy a new car with my insurance money? And, who are these people? If I don't do this where do the people live who do drive like this? Is there a special neighborhood for them? Do they have a club meeting once a week or something? What if these people get ahead of me in line for heaven? (gotcha on that one...haha)

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But, as usual, this got me thinking. What if I am so stubborn that I don't see things unless they are thrown in front of me to where I can't help but see them? Some people go through life and learn quickly and move on never to make the same mistake over and over and then there are those of us that go through life making the same mistakes time and time again without even realizing what we are doing. So, God finally puts an obstacle in our way to where we can't move ahead until we have learned our lesson!

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I struggle with bending my knee to God. It isn't that I don't pray and that I am not submissive but I have noticed that I don't bow down at the alter, I don't get on my knees when I pray. So, am I humbled before him? I am beginning to truly search my heart. What if God is having to break my legs to make me get on my knees? "Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God...I have heard you, declares the Lord." 2 Chronicles 34:27 Do your knees bend voluntarily or does God have to break your legs?