It’s called Historic Route 66 these days. There are special road signs to point the way. It’s historic and special because Route 66 no longer exists. It was removed from the map in 1985, but old Route 66 was fading away in the late 1970s when the highways system replaced the winding, twisting Route through hundreds of small towns from Chicago to Santa Monica.
I’ve been out here on the old Route for a few days and I’ve seen the once booming towns that are now little more than ghost towns. I stopped at roadside attractions that are no more than remnants of once vibrant businesses.
To be out here with all this history just thrills my soul, but to see the empty buildings and the abandoned land makes my heart ache.
The highway didn’t just bypass the small towns, it bypassed the people who lived and earned a living in these small towns. We bypassed the personal touch of a locally owned motor court for the speed of an interstate and the familiarity of a chain hotel.
We gave up adventure for the destination.
God calls us to an adventure in faith and how many times do we want to know God’s WILL for our lives. We (and this is me too!) get so caught up in figuring out God’s will for our lives that we MISS the Route 66 adventure God has for us.
The Lord is placing amazing sights before you, but are you missing them because your focus is on the end result.
Pull back, slow down, and ask God to show you the adventure in every one of your days… or rather, every minute within your day.
Ask the Lord to show you His will in everything you do from the simplest to the most challenging. God is right there — He wants us to experience ABUNDANT life in Him, but we can’t do that if we’re racing down the interstate and refuse to pull onto the road less traveled.
YES.
Just, YES.
Wow
I read Melinda post and yours awesome stuff
As I sit and think about what you all talked about on your blogs they are both awesome posts.
I was there on Tuesday just focusing on my dilemma being without a job and other stuff and just focusing on what happens now I even cried alot on Tuesday wandering why and other stuff as well. I was racing down the interstate and defintely refusing to go down the road less traveled because on the big road there lots and lots of people so we feel more comfortable going down that road because its is familiar and traveled lots , the road less traveled is unfamiliar territory so I know for myself Ilike stuff that’s familiar and comfortable but I know God is calling me out of my comfort zone again and telling me to take the road less traveled, I have missed alot just being caught up on the fast paced busy freeway and not pulling away to take the road less traveled. Thank you for posting this
Between you and Melinda post and I also read that today in my bible study An Untroubled Heart I believe God is telling Carol come and pull of the interstate and take the road less traveled and come and experience. Abundant life with Me.
Thanks again Mary
You girl amaze me
Carol a fellow sojourner. Walking the Road Less Traveled with you my friend
Love you
Carol
That is great Mary. You have a talent with words. We had our Women’s Conference at our church today. The topic was Living a Life God is able to Bless. I learned today that when you make God Lord, you give Him permission to interrupt your life any time He pleases. Thank you for taking this journey out of obedience to God and for sharing the adventure with us. God bless you!
this is a good word…especially to those of us who tend to be very goal oriented. thanks.
Amen Sister! I am a mother of three little ones…the real little ones. You know, two in preschool one in diapers! I spend most of my days rushing through, slamming to the end and going WHO AM I and WHAT just happened?!? I do believe in life’s adventures. I believe in God’s Grace in even the smallest most mundane details of life. Thank you for reminding us the importance of these and the importance of slowing down.