On Your Mark! Get Set! Go!

Although I can be rebellious, at my core, I’m a rule follower.  I like decency.  I like order.  I carry that same spirit into my driving.  No texting while driving.  Follow the speed limit.  We’ll all get there when we’re supposed to.  And then I moved to Houston.

Houston is one of the largest cities in the country.  The interstates are massive and filled with traffic.  Unlike me, all these drivers had somewhere to be, and they needed to be there immediately.

I won’t forget the first time that I laid eyes on the huge interstate.  I accepted my job without having ever been to Houston.  I didn’t even really comprehend just how large the city was until the two-lane road continued to expand and add lanes.  Thankfully, Bible Study Mama was driving.  She’s a beast on the interstate (and the city streets).  It wasn’t until she left that I had to face the interstates on my own.

I was nervous.  At that time, I was a timid driver.  I would put my signal on, but nobody would let me over.  I learned that I had to take my lane.  See an opening and go for it.  No hesitation.  I adjusted to the speed and rhythm of city life.  It was my new normal.

Then, I moved back to Arkansas.  The place that I had lived most of my adult life.  The place that I had initially learned to drive.  And it was a challenge.  See, I had adapted to being an aggressive driver.  It was second nature.  More than once, a family member told me to calm down.  I was home now.  That’s not how we drive here.

What habits have you developed to help you survive in this crazy world that are not habits that God wants you to have?  I know that I have built a wall around me.  But I built the wall to protect myself from people.  Because people hurt you.  And in order to survive in this world, I needed to adapt.

I have difficulty letting people in, but God is removing those bricks little by little.  He didn’t create me to live alone and do life by myself.  And if I’m truly a by the book kind of gal, I MUST live by the Word of God.  Changing to fit into the pace of this world will do me no good.  This is not my home.  Heaven is.  And that’s not how things are done there.  #wepreach