Potholes And Pitfalls

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One of the shopping areas in my hometown, the one I frequent most often, has a main thoroughfare that has several really rough potholes in it. Most of the time it is pretty easy to drive around them. Hitting one of them could do some serious damage to your wheel alignment! The tricky part happens when we get a lot of rain. That thoroughfare is also the lowest part of the entire parking lot so the harder it rains, the slower it is for the water level to run off; which, of course, obscures the potholes.

If you are a regular traveler through that terrain its fairly easy to still maneuver through without damaging your front end because you are familiar to the potential hazards; but it is definitely dangerous to attempt to drive through if you are unaware of what lies beneath the water level. If only the property manager would re-pave the thoroughfare and get rid of those holes. He may...someday. But for today, I'll still drive through there...dodging potholes...and staying alert. I could just avoid the area altogether but some of my favorite places in town require that I travel that section of road.

We wonder why life has so many pitfalls and potholes. Some we may manage to avoid. Some leave us shaken and maybe even damaged at times. But we keep on because that's part of life. Sometimes getting to the places we love require that we tread some difficult thoroughfares. Jesus said, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 (NIV) There is no avoiding trouble...its in this world that we live in. We may need an alignment every once in awhile. When terrain gets rough we might need to slow down, even pull over and wait for the rain to stop. But making sure that we stay in Christ is the key to getting through. He gives us peace while we're in it and He has already overcome all that we might encounter today. So let that give you great confidence.

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