Down-Shift

When’s the last time someone said to you, “no hurry?”  I’m having to think about that one myself!  My mind goes back to the school mornings when Dustin (Twin B) and I waited in the car, less-than-patiently, for Dennis (Twin A).  Dennis never seemed to get in a hurry and honking the horn, yelling out the window, threatening to leave him did nothing to shift him into another gear.  He really only had two speeds in those early years: slow and stopped.

Manual transmissions aren’t the norm any more, but even automatic transmissions will shift the motor into a lower gear.   The hectic pace of our lives, factored with busy schedules, doesn’t always allow us to down-shift.  There is, however, a divine order of peace for the heart for every speed-of-life.  That divine order is peace.  Lamentations 3:26 says, “It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.”  Isn’t that verse relaxing? Soothing? Calming?  In and through God’s grace, anxieties and perplexities dissolve into peace.  No matter what speed-of-life you’re traveling, heed The Savior and enjoy the down-shift of divine grace.

Not so in haste, my heart; have faith in God, and wait –

Although He linger long, He never comes too late.

Dear Lord,

Grant me a spirit tuned to Your own, unhastened by this world.  Make me know the richness of our journey filled with sweet fellowship. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.