On normal days, I would take a bus to go to college. Well, it was no different today, but there's a twist to that same journey I trudge almost everyday.
I saw the Mini Bus from the street where I stay, and decided to board it. The difference is, I cannot board it if I took the shorter way, so I decided to take the long walk to get onto that bus. After about 6 or 7 minutes of walking, I caught up with the bus, albeit a longer walk compared to the normal. I was very glad.
The road seemed quite deserted today, which is quite odd, since the school holiday has not begun. What the heck, right? The road is clear, and I get to reach college in 15 minutes rather than 45 minutes to an hour! Again, I was glad and thankful.
As the bus got nearer to college, and as I was getting ready to ring the bell, the bus decided to take the flyover! Oh, no! Now, the college is below the flyover. So, I couldn't do anything about it except ring the bell for the bus to stop at the next bus stop. What have I got myself into?
I got down the bus feeling pretty much dumb for not knowing earlier that the bus no longer take the old route. I mean, the flyover takes the bus directly to Sunway, so how hard is that to figure out??!! Anyway, Audrey greeted me when I alighted from the yellow bus. I was like, who just called my name??? Pretty funny to have someone whom you know greet you at an alien place. At least that area was alien to me.
So I walked back towards college. It took me about 15 minutes or so. Called my sister and a friend to tell them about my misadventure, which is funny now.
What did I learn from this different journey? That God is funny and kind. He allowed me to find out about the new bus route when I am having my term break and not when I am actually having classes. He could have, but the different decisions I made before brought me to that 15 minutes walk today. If I hadn't decided to stay back in KL to work on my assignments, then I wouldn't have had the chance to find out that different bus route.
Reflecting on my spiritual journey, I guess it's pretty much familiar and similar. The destination has always been the same, but the journey towards it have not always been what I thought it would be, with twists and turns and trackbacks and long walks. Sometimes I overshoot and lose track of the road ahead, then God pulls and aligns me back to the correct road. Sometimes I walk without aim, losing focus of my goal, and with the pain at hand, I turn back to where I left off earlier. And sometimes I trudge towards God, with much pain and difficulty, but joy in my heart because I am on the right track. And again, sometimes, life's journey seems painful, but I look to what is ahead of me, the goal that is the Crown of Life.
13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:13-14
I pray that whatever journey we may be walking, that we do not lose sight of what is ahead, which is our goal. God bless you in your highway of life. =)
one life to live,
gracey
I saw the Mini Bus from the street where I stay, and decided to board it. The difference is, I cannot board it if I took the shorter way, so I decided to take the long walk to get onto that bus. After about 6 or 7 minutes of walking, I caught up with the bus, albeit a longer walk compared to the normal. I was very glad.
The road seemed quite deserted today, which is quite odd, since the school holiday has not begun. What the heck, right? The road is clear, and I get to reach college in 15 minutes rather than 45 minutes to an hour! Again, I was glad and thankful.
As the bus got nearer to college, and as I was getting ready to ring the bell, the bus decided to take the flyover! Oh, no! Now, the college is below the flyover. So, I couldn't do anything about it except ring the bell for the bus to stop at the next bus stop. What have I got myself into?
I got down the bus feeling pretty much dumb for not knowing earlier that the bus no longer take the old route. I mean, the flyover takes the bus directly to Sunway, so how hard is that to figure out??!! Anyway, Audrey greeted me when I alighted from the yellow bus. I was like, who just called my name??? Pretty funny to have someone whom you know greet you at an alien place. At least that area was alien to me.
So I walked back towards college. It took me about 15 minutes or so. Called my sister and a friend to tell them about my misadventure, which is funny now.
What did I learn from this different journey? That God is funny and kind. He allowed me to find out about the new bus route when I am having my term break and not when I am actually having classes. He could have, but the different decisions I made before brought me to that 15 minutes walk today. If I hadn't decided to stay back in KL to work on my assignments, then I wouldn't have had the chance to find out that different bus route.
Reflecting on my spiritual journey, I guess it's pretty much familiar and similar. The destination has always been the same, but the journey towards it have not always been what I thought it would be, with twists and turns and trackbacks and long walks. Sometimes I overshoot and lose track of the road ahead, then God pulls and aligns me back to the correct road. Sometimes I walk without aim, losing focus of my goal, and with the pain at hand, I turn back to where I left off earlier. And sometimes I trudge towards God, with much pain and difficulty, but joy in my heart because I am on the right track. And again, sometimes, life's journey seems painful, but I look to what is ahead of me, the goal that is the Crown of Life.
13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:13-14
I pray that whatever journey we may be walking, that we do not lose sight of what is ahead, which is our goal. God bless you in your highway of life. =)
one life to live,
gracey
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