Well the day has finally arrived. I cannot fight it any more! My daughter is driving!! She should be getting her actual driver's license through her school this week or next week and this past Friday Shane and I gave her her car. *Sigh* I can't believe it! Okay everybody, hold on to your hats because there is another teenage driver on the road! If you would like a description of her car and the tag number you just message me and let me know!
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Oh, I'm just teasing. She's a good driver. Tends to not pay as much attention as I think she should but all in all she is a very good driver. This past Saturday my Mom, Kristina and me went to the mall. Naturally, Kristina had to drive her car and she just chauffeured me and my Mom around all day long. She even made the statement that she was driving Thelma and Louise around! Can you believe that?
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Well, as the day rolled on we decided to head back home. As we turned off of the highway onto a two lane road heading towards our neighborhood we began to approach a green light. The cars in front of us were still stopped but Kristina just kept on going. Finally I couldn't take the stress anymore and hollered out "Kristina! Stop!" She slammed on her brakes and said "Mom, the light is GREEN!" And, naturally, she used that tone. You know the one I'm talking about. The one that is letting me know how ridiculous I am. I quickly replied by saying "I don't care what color the light is! You have to pay attention to what the cars in front of you are doing. If you would have hit them you couldn't have told the policeman 'but the light was green' because he would have laughed at you!" I'm just so frustrated with her at this point I could have screamed. My Mom just sat there looking out the window and whether she would admit to it or not I'm sure she was thinking "Oh yeah, I remember these days!"
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We all ended up sort of joking about it but it just got me thinking. How many times in our lives do we just barrel on through something because the light is green? We don't pay attention to the obstacles in our way! "Be still, and know that I am God..." Psalm 46:10. There are times in our lives that we must just stop and be still. We can't just push on through just because the light is green! We must pay attention to what God has placed before us! That "stopped car" is there for a purpose, for a reason. For whatever reason we aren't ready to go through that green light. There is no point in us fussing about it, trying to push our way on through, creating unnecessary drama, we just need to accept it, and thank God for it! So many times I tend to get all in a tizzy about obstacles in my way. I just want to push on through life. But, as I'm learning more and more on my journey with Jesus I am learning that the obstacles are where I find the peace, the comfort, the lesson. Rushing on through the green light don't teach me anything...except that I'm missing out on the blessings that God is placing right in front of my face but I'm too blind to see them!
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