CURVES ALONG THE SIGHT

Curves always seem to hold the promise of a continued journey. They seldom lead to a dead end in most cases.

But they also carry with them a hint of uncertainty. There is more to the journey, but we just don't know where it ends.

It leaves us to wonder and speculate if the road is unfamiliar. We have no way of knowing what awaits. And depending upon our experience with curves that can be a point of added anxiety.

Still the journey continues. We have to tread into the distance in order to reach a given destination. If it includes curves then we learn to cope.

Beyond the issue of traveling, this also has relevance in the life of faith. We have to learn to keep moving when we reach some curve in the road of life. When trusting this can be one of those places we reach where we can tell what is going to happen next. We may know which direction to go, but not all the possible consequences that lie ahead.

And if the road gets hazardous in any way, it is tempting to stop and turn around. We all enjoy the idea of when things go perfectly. Only little in life ever actually does.

That does prevent us from wishing or imagining the outcome. And depending upon our nature we can easily get caught up in planning the outcome. If we are too incline to wishful thinking we may even interpret the result with some spiritual significance whether it has any significance or not.

Such is the nature of human thinking. Being mortal we will make errors. Curves can and will happen along the way.

If by chance we take a wrong turn or end up making a mistake, the need is to be honest, instead of lying about our error. I've seen those who couldn't admit they were wrong. They just never in their minds made a mistake. Any errors were always somebody else's fault.

Such "curves" in thinking are often the type, which become roadblocks to a deeper relationship with the lord. For in inhibits one's capacity to appreciate and see God's hand of grace. Instead of discovery how often God truly blesses our lives with mercy when fail him or end up having an "accident" because of a curve, we merely resort to denial.

Worst of all, we do not learn the lessons intended in the process. And when we fail to learn what God intended we simply leave ourselves open to making the same mistake again. Such is the sadness of the types of curves that bend us in a direction and we just resist the path or to see what is was suppose to help us grow in our lives.

When that happens, we just fall short of the opportunity as it was suppose to bless. Sometimes in the haste to avoid a curve we end up having the type of accident that truly causes more harm than if we followed the curve.