Love On
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I turned my car onto the main drive this morning and discovered crazy congestion. Yuck! Where did all these cars come from anyway? Obviously, some unseen obstruction was preventing my safe passage.
I texted my husband to warn him about the pile up, and then I braced myself for the slow drip of traffic to inch its way forward at a snail’s pace.
Thankfully, most of the mash up was heading toward me instead of beside me.
Suddenly, a path cleared in the middle of the road, and I lunged my car toward the liberating space in hopes of making it to work on time.
I was soon zipping along on the turnpike. My mind checked out, and a mental fog descended. I think my vehicle must have driven itself to work.
Am I the only one this happens to?
My mind is congested most mornings. I can’t seem to get past the big boulders that are crowding my thinking and limiting my unobstructed view of God’s work in my life.
Life drags slowly forward at an almost imperceptible pace.
Will I ever reach the spacious place where I freely fly with no resistance?
Somtimes, I wonder if it’s possible. But, then I forget that God specializes in the impossible.
As I sat in my car this morning, weighted down by the bone-weary heaviness of carrying life’s baggage, a song on the radio woke me up and put the zip back into my soul.
Well, you can’t see the wind, but it moves the leaves
From the bottom to the top of the tallest trees
You are everything I will ever need
And they can’t take that from me
Oh, I feel it in my heart
I feel it in my soul
That’s how I know
You take our brokenness and make us beautiful
Yeah, that’s how I know
Suddenly, my heart felt alive. And that’s when I looked up and noticed the gray Honda minivan in front of me. The license place was declaring the driver’s singular mission in life:
Love On
I had to smile. Only God sends me a love note on a license plate.
Love creates the space
that helps me to move forward
into freedom and victory.
For Further Contemplation:
21 Words on Loving a Tough Cookie
Something to think about…
No you are not the only one Lyli
🙂
“Love On” ~ Isn’t that a sweet license plate. 🙂 That’s a good one to write on an index card, or the bathroom mirror. ~ I love that image you made with the Bible verse. (And, love the Msg. translation of that verse.) Thanks for sharing, Lyli. ((Hug)) (P.S. – My car drives itself bunches of places too. eek. 🙂 )
I know. I thought it was brilliant. I wanted to steal it for my car. 🙂
I am your sister in brain-clog, and it’s so comforting to hear your words of awakening to God in the midst of it. Blessed Thursday!
Hugs, Sister 🙂
I love when God speaks to me in things like traffic! What a great license plate! And the link to your I Declare post has made me think today.
Oh, so glad you were encouraged, Mary! — I find that God speaks to me quite a bit when I am in the car. I am not sure why, but He likes to take the Turnpike wth me. 🙂
Lyli, I want to love like Him too. May God help us both to “Love On!”
He will show us the way. xo
Love this Lyli. I need to slow down more and pay attention to the signs God sends, instead of getting stuck in my head all the time. <3
Me, too, friend. Me, too.
Isn’t it so easy to mindlessly drift through sometimes? I do that in my car too at times. I wonder how I even arrived when I remember none of the journey! ha. But I don’t want to go through life like that. Love on–such a great reminder!
I am glad that He wakes us up. 🙂
Love on.
Yes. This I want to do …
Yay! It’s always good to know you are not alone on the journey. 🙂
Lyli…it is amazing to see how God works in our lives! he makes it so that never have any doubt that it is Him working. Nothing that happens in our lives surprises God but I am humbled and feeling loved when he reveals Himself to us:) Thank you for sharing this wonderful written post and for everything you do here. Many blessings to you and yours. Have a wonderful weekend!
Isn’t it wonderful that God knows the state of our muddled brains and finds ways to communicate with us anyway? Love on, indeed!
I LOVE this!
I wish you had a pic of that liscence plate so I could better burn it in my brain!
I love hearing/seeing/feeling God everywhere I can….but sometimes I tire of seeing the leaves blow…I want to See my Dad! I have to try and not be down–keep my eyes on the many blessings and joys around….but how wonderful it will be when this “old order of things” is over for everyone..
Any tips or encouragements you want to share are welcome!
So happy to find your site.
Love from Holland,
Jasmine
Lyli,
What a great word from God…I love how creative God is…and so glad it lifted your spirits…praying God continues to lift you up and give you grace as you wait…may you sense Him carrying your burdens, my friend…((Hugs))