GHS Showed me the way Home

           I was very late. “MapQuest took me to a factory instead of your church,” I informed the greeter at a church in another state. They were already aware of the problem, but it was too late to help those who were lost.

Before my next trip I put a GPS in my car. I determined I would not trust MapQuest again. My GPS did fine. It took me right to a destination in Akron, Ohio with only one “recalculate” when I stopped to eat. Great! I thought. This is good.

            But later that night on the way home I knew something was very wrong.  I was in a very remote country area, and it was black dark. Even the moon didn’t give any light. I was told to turn left, right, right and right.  Suddenly I realized I was back where I first turned left. Worse yet I needed to get gas soon.

            “Maybe a car will come by and I can ask them.” I thought.

            Fear began to talk to me. “ You don’t know who’s in the car.”

            I prayed for wisdom and direction. I reminded myself that the Holy Spirit was there to lead me home. A peace began to quiet the voice of fear. Slowly, but surely I began to work my way back to a main road. At each intersection I asked for wisdom to choose the right road.

            MapQuest didn’t work. GPS didn’t work. But directions from God’s Holy Spirit did. He was there in the car with me. I used a heavenly GHS system that knew the way home.

Verse: “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” John 10:27 (NIV)

Prayer: Thank you Father that no matter how dark and lost it seems, You know the way home.