Back in my bed!

We have returned to home sweet home. No major fights! No lost children! No stay children! AND...A grandmother and grandad who had as much fun as the 7 and 10 year olds not to mention those of us in our 40's. Yes, we lived TOGETHER in a hotel room. It was large..2 beds, a couch and a roll-away. Mom could even get up and move around in the night when she needed to. So....I guess it wasn't much different that last year's vacation to the beach! Just no sand.
AND...of course we had Minerva/Audrey with us. I just want to finish up with that companion that every car should have. It saves men the embarrassment of asking for directions, but does not save on irritations in life. Let's me just tell you that we plugged that talking map in every time we got in the car to go more than 1 mile away from the hotel. Okay, I take that back. We used it to get to our supper destination last night, but we could see the building and knew we could outsmart that talking screen. You know....once again I must say that we do the same thing to the One who created us. He gives us directions to live by! And what do we do? We think we can do it on our own and guess what.........we end up doing it on our own 2 miles down the wrong road before we can find a turn around. We spin our tires, burn our gas, out run others, and finally make a U-turn. Sometimes U-turns are not accomplished as quickly as some of ours were; some of us go on and on and hit the dirt, dust and bumpy roads before we decide that we should have followed the directions set by Our Instructor. Some of us catch on quickly and decide that we need to turn around sooner than later.
We are striving, along with our congregation, to be a "Front Porch" Community. We need to understand that there are those who don't always make the right turns; those who drive down the wrong highway for many miles (years) with the determination to find the right road alone; those who drive only a short time and figure out there is a better way to get where they are going. We need to be like the motel chain which promises to "leave the light on". We need to be the light for those who are tired of driving without the "right directions" whether by just not knowing any different, or by making that choice. The front porch at my house has a light, a chair, and a place to dust off at least one layer of dirt from your feet.
Who directs your daily drive? We drove around the metroplex with the help of Audrey Minerva. But.........daily we strive to drive by the map given to us years and years ago. God was good to us this past week. We had a wonderful, safe, fun, interesting, hot and blessed vacation. Even spotted people from here........there! God is good all the time......All the time...God is good.
And..........thanks Hy and Grandad; we had fun....Thanks Aunt T for doing the driving(I knew you took the routes you did just to give Dad something to do), bringing Minerva(Dad's new best friend) and swimming....Thanks Uncle T for letting Aunt T go with us....and thanks T (the man) for watering grass, potting the dog, and taking care of things here.