I value traffic signs because of how they
keep those we love safe. Take for instance, these well known traffic signs.
1.
The
red and white octagonal-shaped stop
sign notifies drivers to halt before proceeding.
2.
The
black and white rectangular-shaped u-turn
sign refers to a driver performing a 180°
rotation (like the letter “u”) to change the direction of vehicular travel (if
the driver discovers they are traveling in the wrong direction. (This is legal
in some places, and illegal in others.)
3.
The
yellow and black diamond-shaped yield
sign indicates that each driver must prepare to stop if necessary to let another
approaching driver proceed.
Meanwhile on April 8, 2016, my wife and
daughter traveled to Ohio Christian University (OCU) in Chillicothe, OH, to
check out the campus on Preview Day.
After our daughter’s venture at Youth with a
Mission (YWAM), both women found this visit to OCU rewarding. Allena hopes to
attend there in the fall 2016 with a double major Disaster Relief and Missions.
Bobbi found both the chapel service and the
lively chaplain, Pastor Aaron, quite surprising and interesting. Three weeks
prior she’d been having dreams about a rather passionate pastor (in his
thirties).
She’d hoped this man was to be a permanent ministerial
replacement for the transition our church, Eastside Community, was currently
going through.
God has a wonderful sense of humor. Pastor
Aaron was the exact dream minister Bobbi had seen in her sleep at night. The (second
hand) “Robert” adaptation of Pastor Aaron’s sermon that day was:
1.
Stop (your sin) - “If we admit our sins…He’ll be true to
Himself. He’ll forgive our sins and [cleanse] all wrongdoing.” (I John 1:9, MSG)
2.
Turn (your problems over
to the Heavenly Father) -“Pile your
troubles on God’s shoulders. He’ll carry your load. He’ll help you out…”
(Psalms 55:22, MSG)
3.
Yield (to the Almighty’s
ways) – “Give into God. Come to terms
with Him, and everything will turn out just fine.” (Job 22:21, MSG)
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