Recalculating

If you have a GPS in your car you have probably heard that word many times and it probably doesn't bring pleasant memories. Usually it is because you have ignored or missed a turn that the GPS wanted you to take. Last weekend we went on a road trip and we heard it often. I am not always a good follower of instruction. We were going to a totally unfamiliar place and so I programmed the GPS so we would have important places already in memory.

We were attending our grandson's wedding and the ceremony and the reception were in different places. We arrived in the city early and tested the GPS routes to make sure it was correct. In between the 2 locations we diverted to deliver some things to my daughter. We then continued on to the reception site. All worked well in the daylight  and we returned to the hotel to get ready.

We arrived at the designated time and the ceremony went well. We had to sit around for a while to get pictures taken and when we left the church it was quite dark. We punched up the GPS destination for the reception and tried to follow the instructions. After we arrived at the wrong destination we realized that the GPS had reinserted the intermediate destination from the afternoon. We tried again and it looked like it was working but then we heard "recalculating" and immediately knew that we had missed a turn. All efforts to correct the problem just made it worse. We were on a cloverleaf intersection on Interstate 10 and it would not let us off. We must have gone around 4 or more times before we finally got off and were able to make it back to our  hotel. By this time it was very late for us so we missed the reception, but it did set us thinking;

What do you rely on as a guide? In life there are lots of voices out there, all wanting to lead us to where we think we want to go, but they aren't always reliable. But there is a guide that is reliable and will never fail us and that is the Bible. When we rely on it to illuminate and direct our path we can avoid stumbling or getting lost. God's word is always true and faithful.