So, this one time in Barnes & Noble, with their many
escalators and people sprawled out on the floor reading their favorite books quietly and in peace, I just really needed
{“!!!!!”} to get to Starbucks on the third floor so you could say my mind was
in the clouds (we’ll go with that).
I was on a mission – GET TO THE THIRD FLOOR.
I stepped onto the first escalator I saw with a smile on my
face because soon I would be united with coffee; however, something odd was
happening.
I was battling to
get to the top of this escalator.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I have been trained to know
that escalators were created to get me from bottom to top or vice versa with
grace and ease.
I know how to ride an escalator, pshhht.
I was trying to process what was happening and at this point
I’m RUNNING (yes, running) up the escalator, confused out of my mind! I look
behind me and I see my little sister just laughing her head off, I even asked
her, “Julia, what are you doing, aren’t you coming? Hurry.” And THAT’s when I
realized that it was I who was the
fool.
I WAS RUNNING UP THE DOWN ESCALATOR. (God bless my soul)
You see, I am a diehard fan of the Stairmaster at the gym
and so going up "down” moving stairs seemed somewhat natural but the context
could NOT have been more different. At this point, I had to humbly stop
fighting that blasted machine and instead ride the escalator down the direction
it was intended for, like a civilized woman. Julia and I were laughing for
HOURS; I completely humiliated myself, but took joy in my coffee and the fact
that people now had a funny story to tell their friends about this chick who________
(fill in the blank)_____.
It wasn’t until weeks later when I giggly remembered this
happening of mine, that God revealed something so marvelous to me.
In essence this is what I heard,
“Stop fighting the
direction in which I have intended for you.”
Am I alone in this? Am I the only one who (sometimes)
unknowingly wrestles with the will of God? Am I the only one who gets so caught
up in the destination (in this case, coffee --- s h o c k e r) that I try to
get there too hastily?
Don’t loose you’re head.
Keep close to our Lord, daily; not just weekly, not just
annually, but daily.
BUT, DO find peace in knowing that if you lose your way, our
Lord will be there waiting, watching, loving, and welcoming you into His warm
embrace, ready to laugh with you in the days to come.
Leave it up to the Almighty to use my embarrassment as yet
another insightful experience for me.
#PraiseHim