Whispers

You ever go through life jumping from one thing to the next...full-speed ahead without any time for reflection or thought?  I find myself doing this a lot especially as I travel around for a living.  I jump off one plane just to get on another a week later...traveling through time zones all while memorizing business school equations and information, worrying about the future but never really letting God guide me.

But every once in awhile I see something that slows me down.  Something that stops my worries or puts me back on track.  I believe these moments are whispers from God...when I feel like things are crumbling I'll get a sign or I'll have renewed confidence in a decision.  It's amazing that sometimes we only depend on Him when we are weak...instead of all the time; even when our busy lives take control.

Last night, after a particularly frustrating accounting class (how do you know when to classify an account as earned capital versus contributed capital?..and more importantly, who cares?!?) I was driving home from school.  Feeling defeated and worrying about my professors negative reactions to juggling school with traveling...I looked up and saw a flashing billboard on a street five minutes from my house that I take every single day.

Never once have I seen this billboard...and furthermore, it's a billboard advertising for a pharmacy store on the corner...but in my moment of despair this billboard wasn't flashing ads for Tylenol sinus or low band-aide prices -- it was flashing my favorite Bible verse: Jeremiah29:11.  I was amazed and ashamed it took flashing lights to get my attention, but I was touched and in awe that all it takes is a whisper to get back on track and to comfort our doubts.  Instead of questioning my abilities this week, I am focused on not worrying about how things will work out because just like that billboard was flashing -- we all have a plan.