When the Engine Light Comes on, Just Keep Driving

Several months ago I was leaving an event that was a couple of hours away from my home. About midway through my journey back, the sky just fell and it began pouring rain. I mean it was pouring. I had two kids in the back that had resigned themselves to a nap after a snack and one round of Kidz Bop. I quickly turned my windshield wipers on as high as they could go and started praying. My visibility was so bad that I struggled to decide which was worst- keep driving or pull over and take a chance of another vehicle not seeing me. In the midst of that- my engine light came on. What in the heck ? It had never came on before and my car didn't seem to have any recent issues. "Just keep driving, just keep praying" is all I thought. "It's a rain cloud and we'll get through this". And if things could not get any worst, I came to a bridge. A bridgeeeeeee ! Help ! I just kept driving and kept praying. Within the next few minutes I drove out of that rain cloud with white knuckles and few extra grey hairs. What a relief it was to be on the other side of that! I thanked God for seeing me through and covering us with his grace. 

My engine light went off almost as quickly as it came on. Strange, and I'm still not certain what caused that fluke. A couple of miles up the road and you wouldn't have even known that there was such a terrible rain storm behind. The sun was shining beautifully and I felt like God gave me a little wink for not giving up. I thought about how if I had pulled over I would have still been in that storm, frozen in fear and anxiety. I was proud that I had made the right decision to just keep going. Despite being fearful, I was still faithful that God would see me through it.

During the rest of my drive I started to think about how life is sometimes like that. Sometimes these huge rain clouds come out of nowhere and it seems that we cannot see our way out of them. These are scary times and there's no one to depend on but yourself and God. It reminded me of one of my favorite bible verses "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths" (Proverbs 3:5-6, KJV).

We will all face difficult times and if we choose to sit in that difficulty and fear, that's where we will stay. Stagnant and in fear. But if we put our faith in God, and just keeping moving, we are destined to see brighter days. Often times, God has enormous blessings waiting for us on the other side of tough times. My grandmother use to say "the bigger the trial, the bigger the blessing". In life things may sometimes appear to be a little cloudy for us, but God will make straight all our paths. 

Peace and Blessings, 

BB