Another Lesson From The Road

May 13th, 2009 | If I have learned anything over the past 30 plus years of ministry it is this:  God’s classroom is big and school is always in session.  The pupil that understands this will be ahead of the game, not only in what they learn from the Lord, but also what they accomplish for the Lord.  I was reminded of this a few days ago while on a trip back from Nashville.  Kathy and I had gone to check on my mom and help get a jumpstart on her yard work.  As usual, we had to sandwich the trip in between stuff, so we left in the wee hours Thursday because we needed to be back on Friday.  We had a productive day with Mom and got up the next morning ready to head home.  Mom lives north of Nashville, so from experience I knew traffic would be an issue if we didn’t time it just right.  You have to get ahead of rush hour or behind it.  We decided for the latter.  We ate breakfast with Mom and admired our handy work in the yard, letting the traffic thin out before hea ding home.  True to plan, we breezed through Nashville with little difficulty.  I even commented to Kathy how well this had worked out.  Nashville was now behind us and we would be through Memphis long before their afternoon rush hour. It seemed like smooth sailing ahead.  It was about then that it all came to a screeching halt.  There were brake lights as far as the eye could see.  We begin to creep along.  The trucks were headed for the right lane so that’s where I headed.  Of course, as always, people were zipping past in the lane that was pretty obviously closed up ahead, but I really did not let that get to me.  I kept my cool and my place in line.  We rolled the windows down and puttered along.  Then we saw it- a small waterfall was cascading down the rock face on the side of the interstate.  It was a lovely and soothing site that would have been missed at a high rate of speed.  We saw it because we were going slowly.  Sometimes those interruptions can be t he best part of your day. Another lesson from the road, Bro. James