Yesterday was our school field trip to an animal farm to Langley. I knew driving could be a little tricky. Since I had been there before, I had the assurance of how to get there. Still I put out extra time for it and leave in good time.
I was just going to go by the old familiar route pass Fort Langley. Until I came to the junction of 200 & 88 Ave., I looked at the map the farm provided while waiting for red light. It says one can go north on 88 and make a right turn to Fort Langley. I thought since I had come that far and couldn't possibly get too lost, may be I should try the new route on the map given by the farm people. But when I made a right turn off 88, it took me to HW #1. ( I didn't read the map ahead of time to discover that 88 ave. is not a straight line. It does not even join up the east with the west of hw# 1). I went 5 minutes on it (it felt more like 30 mins.) and came out on exit 66 which took me to south of Fort Langley. I made several turns, couldn't make out where I was. Stopped and asked couple of ladies who told me to cross the highway and go north. So I did and it took me back to the highway again. This time heading toward Aldergrove. I made the next exit at #73 and I came out on 264 & 56Ave.I pulled over and was ready to pull out the map to verify. Then I saw Callie and her troop drove pass me from the opposite direction. She point straight ahead of her. So I spun around to follow her. But the road was so long and winding, I was slowing down to check out the vincinity while she sped fast ahead. I thought I must be following the wrong car. So I turn around before I get to the bottom of the hill and went back to the same spot where I met her. I was ready to cry and give up. There were more than 40 people waiting for me. I don't remember getting so hopelessly lost. But on the other hand , I really couldn't give up. I reached out to the glove compartment to get the phone. But the darn thing was jammed (which never happened before).. I stopped by the gas bar and asked for direction and made a call to the farm to ask the people to go ahead without me. A gentleman told me to go back the same route I came from because 88Ave. is a winding road but it would meet up with Glover Rd. at the bottom of the hill.
While I was driving again, I asked God what was he trying to tell me? The light almost went on immediately. It was about last night's heated arguement. God was telling me to go by the familiar route which had worked before and do not underestimate my own experience. Do not be distracted by trying something new which others say may work. Instead, pull out the map (which is the Bible) to check direction when I am lost. Follow the guide of the holy spirit which may flashes by and trust it.
Life is like driving on a road. We may think we know where we are going but we can easily get distracted and lost. We can miss signals, feel totally confident and then find out we are stuck. We need to go back to God's word for direction. Though we make mistakes, sometimes some very grave ones, which may take much hardship to double back, we will still end up where we should go. But the best thing is to check out on our Life Road Map before we go anywhere to ensure a happy journey.
After almost two hours of driving, I finally got there. The families were having fun already. There were lamas, turkies, ducks and pond, peacocks, New Guinea chickens that chirps loudly.
The fundest parts were feeding and holding baby lamb, watching baby goats playing on teeta toter, mama pig couldn't shake offf her toddlers from her nipples, rabbits and baby chick to hold. And those Italian white steers, are they ever huge, bigger and taller than horses. We had wagon hay ride and sang 'happy birthday' to Ella.
All in all it was a good day.
I was just going to go by the old familiar route pass Fort Langley. Until I came to the junction of 200 & 88 Ave., I looked at the map the farm provided while waiting for red light. It says one can go north on 88 and make a right turn to Fort Langley. I thought since I had come that far and couldn't possibly get too lost, may be I should try the new route on the map given by the farm people. But when I made a right turn off 88, it took me to HW #1. ( I didn't read the map ahead of time to discover that 88 ave. is not a straight line. It does not even join up the east with the west of hw# 1). I went 5 minutes on it (it felt more like 30 mins.) and came out on exit 66 which took me to south of Fort Langley. I made several turns, couldn't make out where I was. Stopped and asked couple of ladies who told me to cross the highway and go north. So I did and it took me back to the highway again. This time heading toward Aldergrove. I made the next exit at #73 and I came out on 264 & 56Ave.I pulled over and was ready to pull out the map to verify. Then I saw Callie and her troop drove pass me from the opposite direction. She point straight ahead of her. So I spun around to follow her. But the road was so long and winding, I was slowing down to check out the vincinity while she sped fast ahead. I thought I must be following the wrong car. So I turn around before I get to the bottom of the hill and went back to the same spot where I met her. I was ready to cry and give up. There were more than 40 people waiting for me. I don't remember getting so hopelessly lost. But on the other hand , I really couldn't give up. I reached out to the glove compartment to get the phone. But the darn thing was jammed (which never happened before).. I stopped by the gas bar and asked for direction and made a call to the farm to ask the people to go ahead without me. A gentleman told me to go back the same route I came from because 88Ave. is a winding road but it would meet up with Glover Rd. at the bottom of the hill.
While I was driving again, I asked God what was he trying to tell me? The light almost went on immediately. It was about last night's heated arguement. God was telling me to go by the familiar route which had worked before and do not underestimate my own experience. Do not be distracted by trying something new which others say may work. Instead, pull out the map (which is the Bible) to check direction when I am lost. Follow the guide of the holy spirit which may flashes by and trust it.
Life is like driving on a road. We may think we know where we are going but we can easily get distracted and lost. We can miss signals, feel totally confident and then find out we are stuck. We need to go back to God's word for direction. Though we make mistakes, sometimes some very grave ones, which may take much hardship to double back, we will still end up where we should go. But the best thing is to check out on our Life Road Map before we go anywhere to ensure a happy journey.
After almost two hours of driving, I finally got there. The families were having fun already. There were lamas, turkies, ducks and pond, peacocks, New Guinea chickens that chirps loudly.
The fundest parts were feeding and holding baby lamb, watching baby goats playing on teeta toter, mama pig couldn't shake offf her toddlers from her nipples, rabbits and baby chick to hold. And those Italian white steers, are they ever huge, bigger and taller than horses. We had wagon hay ride and sang 'happy birthday' to Ella.
All in all it was a good day.
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