POT LUCK - "Go Very Fast!"

Today is my 300th blog. I certainly have enjoyed doing this and hope you who follow enjoy God's word through this type of perspective.

Some years ago I saw a movie about an Alien from another planet, who is played by Jeff Bridges. He inhabits the body of a woman's husband who recently died. Because he looks like her husband, she befriends him and in one scene, teaches him to drive. In reviewing some of the rules, she saks him questions regarding the signal lights. What is red for, she asks; "Stop!" What does green stand for; "Go!" How about yellow, she asks; He replies; "Go very fast!"

Jim and I often realize that many times we do speed up when we see that it is about to change from green to yellow. Laughing about it was what we did, but today I think that hurrying through the yellow could cause us to stop forever, living in this world.

How many times have you thought, I can make it through that yellow, and speed up only to get caught half way through, to finish on a red. You look around praying that no one of importance was there to witness that. All to often a ticket has been issued because we respond to our efforts to go very fast, instead of on the side of caution.

We teach our children to look both ways before crossing the street. We teach our children to look before they leap. We remind them and ourselves to not make hasty decisions. Many times, we decide to sleep on it. So why is it we have to speed up to get through the yellow light. What is there about having to slow up and stop for the red. Does anyone have a realistic answer? I know most would just say; "Because!"

In our world if we want to get a ticket for some special concert that will only be in town for one night; We will park out in front of the theater; stand in line; freeze; giving our order for fast food to a stranger; and even sleep, leaning up against the wall because we are afraid if we don't, we won't get a good seat, or even get in the theater. I have never done this!

Impatience is not a virtue! Impatience is not a Godly trait! Impatience is a flower that blooms in the spring, full of fragrance and color. We need to slow down. We need to take our time. We need to realize even though time waits for no man, man can regulate his time by pacing himself. When we approach the yellow light we should take note because that means something is about to happen.

It is interesting that we learn some things that are definite. They are precise and have fixed limits. Red means to stop! Green means to go! Most of us adhere to these guide lines but yellow gives us a larger boundary. We can still go but we must be prepared! Aha! The lights come on. So that is what the yellow light is for!

"I, Wisdom, dwell with prudence and I find knowledge and discretion." Proverbs 8:12 Wisdom is indeed the element of who we are that takes precautions and proceeds with confidence. When God created the heavens and earth, He set in place all the elements so that they would not go crashing around into one another but would run their courses fully functional and precise. "He set the sea its boundary so that the water should not transgress His command." Proverbs 8:29a

When God gave us the ability to learn; when He gave us knowledge, He also gave us the ability to discern how to use our knowledge and it is called wisdom. "Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom." James 3:13 It has been said that the wise man uses his wisdom to obey the laws of the universe and the laws of his country. "The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul. The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple." Psalm 20:7 How gracious is our Lord when it comes to our personal adherence and obedience to the rules. By Jane Ann Crenshaw 10/22/09