God uses Round-a-bouts

It was late at night. I had been gone for almost a week. My friend had passed away and we had a vacation planned; of course all at the same time. I just hopped a plane, well actually 2 planes and a fogged in Chicago, and saw Houston before I saw Atlanta. Coming home, it was a clear night and one could watch the ground; slightly. What amazed me was the lights. With some snow cover, it’s interesting to watch the ground appearance change. From the darkness of dirt, to the gradual snow and then total snow cover. And then, there was an interesting round glow. It took me a bit to figure out what it was; it was a round-a-bout. In Minnesota, they are relatively new to us.  It’s amusing at the same time humbling if you get into a round-a-bout and can’t get off. It’s scary if you are behind an older person who has never gone through one. It’s frightening if you watch a semi drive right over the middle instead of go around. It’s rewarding when you get to where you are going and exit right.  Round-a-bouts are all about life. God uses round-a-bouts to remind us that even when we are going in circles, he has a reason for the seeming madness. When all is at loss and you see semi’s coming at you, God made the humps in life to remind me to get our eyes off ourselves and look to him. So we could learn lots of lessons just by analyzing them but the beauty is when we look at them from above. As we flew into the greater Mpls area there was a beautiful haze of light and then one could see the round circle. It was kind of like a donut on the ground; and I don’t even think of donuts on a hourly basis like some of my family. It was peaceful, beautiful and very gentle appearing. On the ground, it may seem like a confusing time, chaotic as you try to figure out which of the exits you need and watch the merging traffic all the while keeping an eye out for grandma who has no clue where she is or what she is doing. But from above, from God’s perspective, it’s peaceful. God uses round-a-bouts in life to get our attention down here. From his perspective, it’s beautiful and peaceful. Perhaps when we get bent out of shape about something that’s happening we should get above the problem, get about the round-a-bout we find ourselves going in circles over, and see life from God’s point of view…  Even in the dark of night, things that drive us to our knees can be beautiful when we see it from eternity’s point of view.