Road Trip
This past weekend, we took our junior high guys on a road trip. It was a blast!!! We hit Birmingham, Atlanta, and Chattanooga in three consecutive days. As with any road trip, we encountered some set-backs along the way. Some made me downright mad. Evidently, the people of Atlanta take a weather prediction of partly cloudy and a high of 38 to intense to have church!!! I was greatly looking forward to attending Buckhead Church…and the World of Coke museum. Regardless, I couldn’t help but see the similarities between our short weekend excursion, and the biggest road trip of all – life. Sometimes things happen, you have a plan, it gets shattered by absurd circumstances, by decisions made by mysterious figures that you will never know. Other times things are going along great, you get to hang out with your friends and enjoy a weekend of almost complete relaxation. I guess what I am trying to say is that we need to just learn to be content, and being content doesn’t mean not wishing we could have visited the Coca Cola museum, but being satisfied with what we do have, to be in the company of some great brothers, and build relationships that will last a lot longer than a weekend. Oh yeah, i also learned that thirteen year old boys don’t really care about washing their feet…or smelling good in general.
