Enjoy the Ride

A good friend told me the most amazing story Thursday so you need

to listen.

When she was driving from Nebraska to Arizona many years ago

with her husband it was during Christmas time and it was snowy and

icy and the roads were really bad.  It was her turn to drive and it was dark

and really late and her husband was starting to doze off

and she hit black ice.

The car started to spin out of control and she panicked.  She said

a prayer and the prompting came as clear as day:

"TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF THE WHEEL AND ENJOY THE RIDE."

She took her hands off the wheel and the car slid into a snow bank

and they were safe.  Nothing happened.  But within a split

second a semi came whizzing by and if 

she wouldn't have removed her hands,

they would have been destroyed.

That story changed me.  She was teaching me to stop

trying to have control and let the Lord take charge.

She said you won't always enjoy the ride,

you will enjoy the eternal blessings.

It is only when we stop trying so hard to have it our way,

will we find real happiness. 

And so every time I start to want to control things

or force things or change my circumstances (that I don't have control over),

I think of that story.  I figuratively, take my hands off the 

wheel, say a silent prayer, and keep moving forward.

That simple story has changed my life!  

Isn't it amazing!