My wife and I were recently enjoying some time off the other week. We were visiting the fine city of Baltimore. Heading out of the city on a day trip we were following the vocal commands of our trusty GPS.
We turned left.
We should have gone a bit further THEN turned left.
Epiphany: One-way streets are not two-way streets (and our mini adventure began)
This one-way street was no small back alley. It was a main, 3-lane artery bringing heavy traffic around Oriole Park at Camden Yards. It didn't take long to realize we were in deep weeds. Luckily there was a break in traffic but that wasn't long-lived. Here came a stampede of cars coming full speed right at us.
So I maneuvered around car #2 and whipped into a side street just before the stampede arrived. "whew!"
Now that kind of experience makes for a great blog post with lots of interesting insight about serving strong in ministry leadership. However...
Rather than come up with an insight,I'm inviting you to. Share your comments. What does this little incident tell you? What can you glean from my hair-raising experience that could be applied to staying healthy and in rhythm while helping others?
I'm curious what you think (while I'm still catching my breath)...
Even the "trusted voices" we listen to can make mistakes. So look before leaping when taking advice, even good advice. There's only One voice that's safe to take entirely on faith!
Posted by: Scotty | April 23, 2010 at 06:37 PM
Scotty - Great point. Nothing can replace the wisdom and timing of God's direction.
Posted by: Scott Couchenour | April 25, 2010 at 07:34 PM