Running out of gas

Originally written 30 Oct 2019…

Isaiah and his cars. He is absolutely obsessed!! Even down to the gas tank size of each car, truck, motorcycle…. I can’t keep up. He even has Esther learning car makes and models. Our drives are definitely entertaining, to say the least.  One thing that is the same for all types of cars is that eventually they run out of gas (or electricity or whatever). They need to be refueled to keep going. We are the same.

Whether it refers to sleep at night to refuel for the next day, or some quiet time with God, or both… we have to stop and take a break to fill up before continuing on our journey. But that’s also just as important to remember – you have to STOP to refuel. Even during a car race, cars pause to fill up their tanks before zooming off again. So often I catch myself cheating on this and trying to cram in my “quiet time” while driving to work, at the gym, driving to band practice…. But then we aren’t truly getting the best out of that time we should have completely set aside.

If we keep going without stopping, we will break down. Remember Lightning McQueen in the first Cars movie? He thought he was strong and capable enough to skip changing tires and refueling. He could have won if he just took a few extra seconds delay. Instead, it cost him that race’s victory.

Let’s take a challenge to actually STOP, refuel with God, as well as with our family, and reconnect. It will make everything better in the end.