Trustin' the Driver

One of the most important things that I have learned these past five weeks about living in the teepee (aka my apartment, but calling it a teepee is more fun) is that you must always keep the teepee supplied..with food. As Seminoles, we work hard every day, and we have a hearty appettite when we arrive back from working the territory (aka the FSU campus). Melissa, who not only is my sister and fellow Seminole, but who also dwells in the teepee with me, was mentioning this to me as I was watching The Office.

"We need more food! I'm hungry! And I don't like ramen noodles as much as you do." Hmph. Picky eaters!! But I put on my best Seminole smile.

"Oh that's fine, Sissy Dearest," I said as Melissa rolled her eyes. "Tomorrow we shall go to Publix after my educational psychology class gets out!"

And so we did tonight.

We talked and chattered on our way there. Melissa pulled into the Publix parking lot. But then suddenly a white car drove by, making a strange loop around us. Then it just stopped, with hardly any room for us to budge! It started to squeeze past us, but I was certain it was going to hit us. As it drove by, I saw my life flash before my eyes. Here's why.

I am a terrible driver, and when I mean terrible, I mean that I have totaled two cars. Because of these bad experiences with driving, I freak out whenever I sense any possibility of getting in a wreck. From a passenger's viewpoint who doesn't know what the driver is doing, it can get really scary, really quick. So from my point of view with that swerving car, I was petrified. Yet Melissa drove the car right past the other driver, and pulled us safetly past him.

"That was a close one!" I blurted out. "We could have been hit!"
Melissa looked confused. "It was fine," she said.
Then I realized that from the passenger's viewpoint, who doesn't know what the driver is doing, everything is scary. But from the driver's point of view, they know exactly what they are doing, and there is nothing to worry about (as long as I'm not the driver).

Well, y'all, God is like that. God is the one taking us where we need to go in life. He's the driver. Sometimes, we have no clue how He's going to get us out of a tricky situation or why He's taking us down a bumpy road. From a passenger's viewpoint, we're scared, because we have no clue what the driver is doing. But from God's point of view, He knows exactly what He's doing, and even though we might not understand everything, He's taking us where we need to go, even if that includes a few bumps in the road. But most of all, there's nothing to worry about with God as our driver, because He defeated death. I reckon that's the most important thing I've learned in the teepee thus far.