Devotionals
Proverbs 20:24
KJV - Man's goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
NIV - A man's steps are directed by the Lord. How then can anyone understand his own way?
When I was a kid, I read an article in the newspaper about a bus driver in India who swerved to miss a cow and more than 80 people died. Holy Cow! How stupid?! I have always stressed to my children, human life is far more precious than animals - do not endanger people for the sake of an animal. While no one likes the awful crunch of road kill, keep your bearings and hit the beast to avoid a much greater tragedy. Makes sense right?
Well, the same day that began with the promise of the ring, the joy of the moose, to which I have already alluded, ended with a complete failure to heed my own advice. I was on the final stretch of returning home, just a few miles away and eager to get to Taylorville, USA and the comfort of my own home when all of a sudden a racoon dashed right in front of my car. Its frightened little eyes glowed in the glare of the headlights, almost directly in line with my driver's side headlight and my own eyes. I swerved off the road and spun in the ditch.
Yes, I was as scared as the coon, but I felt no awful crunch and both the coon and I went on our merry ways - albeit with our hearts beating much faster. God blessed me so much that day, just like every other day.
Truly a mystery why He loves us all so much. If we spent our time praising Him, rather than following our own advice, we would see His blessed Hand so much more in our lives. When we fail to follow our own advice, we might end up in a ditch, but when we fail to listen to God, the consequences can be so much worse. Shhhh! Can you hear Him?
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