ROUNDABOUTS

Roundabouts.  They seems to be appearing everywhere on the highways.  I did a route yesterday from my house north, then north some more, then east, then south, and then south some more before arriving back home.  Yes, I was gone a bit but accomplished a bit also.  

As I rode along the paths that I had not traveled in a long time, I was surprised to see so many roundabouts that had been put in place.  I can see that roundabouts are helpful in some traffic patterns.  I do recall one near me that, if you don't pay attention, can get you in a real mess.  It is so confusing.  I was almost hit by another car there.  I feel somehow that design is a bit awry.  Yesterday, though, for the most part, the roundabouts did what they were intended to do--help the flow of major traffic.

Since I was traveling alone, that put my mind into some deeper thinking about roundabouts.  You've got to know what direction you are headed and look a bit ahead to that particular road and it's place in the roundabout.  You have to pay attention to oncoming cars so as not to get hit by one of those vehicles.  You have to understand that if by some chance you get in a mess and miss your "exit" from the roundabout, you get another chance.  You just around-about again, paying attention to the yields and the arrows.  It could be time consuming if you are in a hurry but if you pay attention in a hurry, it can benefit your time.   Sometimes I think roundabouts are taking over the traffic world.

Where is she going with this odd thought, you might be asking?  Roundabouts are a lot like life.  We have to know what direction we are headed.  We have to look a bit ahead and travel the right way for that direction.  We have to watch for all those others trying to get ahead of us or hinder us from our goal.  We have to know that if we miss our road, we can keep on trying--even going around in circles--but we can find our way.  

You all know I tend to sermonize the common into the spiritual so I guess I will go there with the roundabouts.  With all that said, the Lord will guide us in that right way looking for that right road in the right direction.  We have a to pay attention to the yield to the spirit and the arrows pointing the right direction.  If we somehow get hindered and mess up or the "design is a bit awry", all is not lost....HE is always there to help guide the right direction and forgive.   So there you go...

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