686 You Are Here

Our entire lives are one constant journey. We are traveling through this life day after day. What is the destination? Think about that, our destination honestly looks the same. We all die. In the end, all we worked for, all we survived, all we overcame, all we accomplished, it’s gone. The very homes we live in will one day be demolished. The cars we drive will all end up in a junk yard. Even those things you treasure so dearly will one day be handled by someone who outlives you and they will be left to decide what to do with it. And let’s be honest, most of it will be sold, given away or trashed. ALL of this comes to an end. And all of US come to an end here at some point. One day you will be here, and the next you won’t. I’m learning so much about life in this season of full-time travel. Two weeks ago we were in Tennessee, then we were at my Mama’s house in Missouri for a few days, now we’re in Texas with our soldier boy, and tomorrow we leave for Southern California. I literally wake up every morning not having a clue where I am, but I’m always thinking about where we’re going next. And this is what I’ve found … I arrive here at our current destination, but I’m thinking about where we will go next. I’m planning the next step, thinking of the next stop, preparing for what’s coming and missing what is here. Isn’t that the story of our lives? We’re here, but we’re not really here. Hey, just because your body is here in this place doesn’t mean your mind showed up too. You could be here in this moment, but not even aware of what is happening. Lord, wherever we are, let us be there. Let us not spend the precious days of this life worried about the next. And when I say worried, I don’t always mean that in a negative way. I’m not fretting over where we will be next week. I’m not negatively concerned about what’s happening next. But my mind is already there, while my body is still here. And this is what is bizarre … where I’m at right now is where I wanted to be before. Where you are right now is likely where you once wanted to be! I’m here with my soldier boy. I’m in the vacation house I chose online and looked forward to. I’m sharing coffee with the people I wanted to see and hug. But instead of being fully here where I wanted to be, I’m wandering off into the unknown of what’s coming next. It’s like I’m traveling forever and never arriving. Dang, isn’t that what we do with our entire lives? We’re traveling forever and never arriving. Last night I watched the movie “Passengers” with Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence. They’re 2 passengers traveling through space for 120 years. Their travel is designed to keep them in hibernation the entire time so they do not age, they just sleep and then wake up upon arrival. But something goes wrong and the two of them wake up 30 years into the journey. Now they’re stuck on this space ship for 90 years, just the 2 of them traveling forever and never arriving. They realize their entire lives will be lived out and their travel will never end. The feeling of knowing I may not live to get where I think I’m going. I will be traveling all my days, yet I may never arrive. I traveled right through my 20s and 30s. Dang did they go fast. I don’t remember much about that season of life because I was focused on where I was going next. I was so busy trying to raise kids that I forgot I was RAISING KIDS. They were there, in my home with me daily, until one day they weren’t. I traveled right through that. Dang it, we must learn to STOP along the way. Pull it over on the side of the road sister and look around. Where are you at on your journey? I’m not asking you where you’re goi...