Office, Streamwood, IL

Only 45 minutes today.  Not too bad considering lately it seems to take close to an hour.  That's our drive in to the office each day and today was a good day.  I don't know what the traffic is like where you are, but it can be a bit rough for us.  Fortunately, my wife and I work at the same place so our hour of sometimes painfully slow driving in the morning is spent together. 

Over the past few years we've been doing this drive, we've noticed certain patterns that form with traffic -- what time we leave the house, if it's a day when there's no school, accidents, sunshine delays, and so-on.  Today I think it was the sun.  It's a bit overcast right now - and I think it worked in our advantage.  The sun hides and we get moving.

It's a little like our walk with Christ, isn't it? 

Of course, the Son never hides from us; but don't we sometimes try to hide Him?  So that we can move on our timeline (faster), on our agenda (where we want to go), and in our own way (how we want to get there). 

Just like the drive.  If I have nothing delaying me, away we go!  But as soon as the bright sun peeks over the horizon and shines right in our eyes, we're forced to slow down. 

What if I allow the Son to peek right into my eyes every morning?  What if I take a few minutes to slow down?  What if I stop to reflect on what He wants me to know?  What if i think about what He wants from me today?  Maybe He's trying to tell me something.  Maybe He wants me to slow down, work on His agenda, get 'there' His way.  Maybe I should use those sunshine delays to think about the Son. 

Maybe we should all do that next time we're stuck in traffic.