Another Detour

Monday I decided that I would take a drive to Huntsville to have lunch with our youngest.  As I left the house around nine, I decided that instead of taking the freeway and cutting across to I-45, I would take a back road.

I had a lot to do as we planned on leaving for a trip the next day.  I thought "Ok, I'll get there at 11:00, we'll have lunch, I'll head back and be back by 1:00 max!  I was not counting on the "detours!"

The first detour was a school zone I had not counted on.  It was behind a local college and the kids were heading to class! I must have had to stop three times all the while thinking "I hadn't counted on this."

The blessing was that I saw a friend's son that I hadn't seen in a while.  I did continued my drive thinking I was good to go.  Until I got the text "Mom, can you make it noon instead of 11:00?" What do you say? "Of course honey."  So now I had an hour to kill.

Knowing he was eventually going to need a blue blazer, I stopped at a local Men's store.  Nothing in his size.  I then head to Macys.  When I told him what I was doing, he said "Wait for me-I want to go."  Hey- not a biggie, just a little detour.

While we were shopping for blazers he added "you know, Josh needs one too." I told him him to call him over.  While we waited for Josh, we went to eat then the three of us headed back to Macy's. The buying process took all of ten minutes, I was on two hours worth of detours.

After lunch, two blazers, two tanks of gas and the detours, it was now 2:00pm. I hugged Josh first and he was on his way. I hugged Matt and he said "Mom-you have to come to campus to sign some papers." Did I mention we had been at the Woodlands?

So off I go another 40 miles, another little detour.

As I think of my Christian walk, I have it planned one way and God definitely has it planned another way....His!

I could have missed everyone of those detours and kept on schedule but had I missed them, I would have also missed the time with our boys. I could miss all the detours God puts in front of me but what I would have missed is quality time with God. Nothing draws us closer to God than a detour we hadn't counted on.

So I got home a little late, it was worth it. I pray that in my detours of life I will honor God and rely on His plan rather than on my attempt to divert it because in life, there will always be another detour.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares The Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thought eps than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8

Lunch for three-50.00
Two blazers-400.00
Two tanks of gas-175.00

Time with our boys-PRICELESS!