Stories From the Road: Part 4
By Pastor Ben

A long road trip gives you plenty of time to talk to your fellow passengers. You might indulge in surface chat, start a deep conversation, or share a few laughs.

On the other hand, when conversations get a little tense or heated, you can’t just open the car door and walk out & leave. Travel companions are basically stuck together. People shut down. There’s awkward silence and increasing frustration.

Is there someone you’re “stuck” with today? Are you traveling with ungodly co-workers, rude neighbors, or un-grateful children?

Take a few moments today, to consider what God is teaching you in this situation:

What does God want you to see?
Is He telling you to change your route, slow down, or speed on to your destination?
Could this be an opportunity for Christian witness or compassion?

Learning From Our Guide

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or faint hearted.”        (Hebrews 12:1-3)