A Different View?

   I took a different way to get to work today... I had a breakfast (Thanks to Odessa Regional Medical Center for the breakfast and appreciation gift!) meeting and came to work from there.

   I found it somewhat disconcerting.  The traffic flow was different. I found myself at different traffic lights becoming anxious because I couldn't anticipate the changes as I do on my normal route. I saw different things. It wasn't comfortable! Some of the things I saw were nice to look at, while some of the things I saw weren't so nice to see...

   So what's the point? Glad you asked!  It is really easy (too easy!) to go the same way to work everyday. It is really easy to do the same thing the same way every time we do it.  It is easy to become predictable.  It is so comfortable to be in our rut.  Ritual and routine is nice, however, we miss out on so much if we limit ourselves to the rut of it!

   There is a danger in being comfortable. We can lose our focus and not see what is around us. There is a difference in seeing and really seeing. Ritual and routine can cause us to become comfortable and not really see what the Lord might want us to see.

   Take a different route to church, work or wherever you go sometime... Take a close look and ask God to show you what you need to see!