Twists and Turns

It’s funny now when I look back to our drive home from Tucson yesterday how the upbeat sermon we heard along the way prepared us for what we would face. My daughter, Amy, told me: “You can drive home with me, mom, but you’re going to have to listen to Joel Osteen, okay?” I replied: “I am totally on board with it!” Joel’s sermon reminded us about those twists and turns which come along in life and how God will get us to our destination as long as we trust and follow His lead. Osteen used examples from his actor friend who taught him sometimes the best movies we watch are not filmed in sequence. The last scene might be filmed first. Surely, God sees the end result as we face challenges and He can get us to finish well just like a good movie! The CD just about ended when we noticed the lull in traffic on the interstate highway. Why were cars exiting in Chandler just before we headed into Phoenix? In a few miles we came to a complete stop. My GPS showed a traffi