I was distracted - I left home on time, made all the traffic lights and it looked like I was going to be to work early like I had planned and maybe even earlier. BUT, I was not focused. I ended up calling 3 people while driving to work this morning and as I was receiving a phone call back, it was then I realized I was passing my exit for work.
OK - just so you know, if I was in the States, this would not be a big deal, but I'm here in Korea and you just can't get off at the next exit and turn around. So, allow me to share with you How Great Our God Is.
1) I missed the next 2 exits I could have gotten off to attempt to turn back around and would have been closer to my destination.
2) The exit I did get off, I had ABSOLUTELY NO idea where I was. I pulled over with my hazard lights to search for the GPS I just knew was in the car somewhere. NO, it wasn't. I don't know what I was thinking, but I ended up turning back around to go back in the direction I came because again, I had ABSOLUTELY NO idea where I was at or going.
3) I found the road I was on again, going back in the direction I came from, a small miracle and victory for Brandy who has NO sense of direction, wishing my husband could be there at that moment so I called him to inquire where was the GPS I KNEW was in the car, but wasn't. He forgot he had loaned it out to someone, and his wife (ME) was supposed to know how to get to work anyway, so what was the problem?
4) I missed my exit again, after realizing too late that it was the road/bridge. But I was actually just happy that I no longer felt lost kind of knew where I should be going.
5) I got off the next exit I thought I could turn around as well as I didn't want to go too far down the road and ended up going in a completely different direction than I anticipated. Worry took hold of me again and a little fear. I had a half tank of gas and was wondering if I would drive it out trying to get to work when I should have already been there by now.
6) It's 7:10am, I'm supposed to be at work at least by 7:30am and I'm back at I don't know where I am again. God is good, I see the name of the road I should go towards, I follow.
7) I finally am led back to the EXACT road that I should have been on all along. And I made it to work ON TIME at 7:30am exactly.
OK, this may not be all that interesting or exciting for you, but I will try to explain my extra exhilaration. I have come to accept I have no sense of direction. I've run out of gas before as well as I have been lost before while praying not to run out of gas in the middle of no where. Korea is not like the States - I might explain this more later, but know you just can't pull up anywhere for gas, especially when in traffic. Anyway, I digress, I was lost, didn't know where I was or where to go and still made it to work ON TIME, without GPS or having to call someone to come and try to get me.
REVELATION and KEY TAKE-A-WAY: Even when we lose our focus (God) and become distracted and get off course, God redeems the time, leads us back on the right path, guides us, and we still make it to our next or end destination ON TIME. Not our time, or anyone else time, but ON TIME. I did not lose anything by this detour this morning, but actually it was an adventure and I'm so glad God was with me for I don't know where I would have been if it had not been for HIM.
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