The slow light

I am very fortunate that I do not have to do much driving. When I do have to drive, more often than not it is a short and quick trip on the same couple dozen streets. Recently, there has been a light on one of my routes that has seemed to change the timing. It used to be pretty sensitive to a car that just came up and would change pretty quickly. Now, regardless of the number of cars, it takes a good solid minute to change if I do not hit the light just right.

A minute does not seem like a long time, but when you have been used to something happening quickly it seems like an eternity. Truth be told I have found myself annoyed at times by the fact that I have to wait a whole minute for the light to change. But over the past couple weeks with the pause at the light I have decided to sit in that "painful" moment and be quiet and still.

This time of the year we are so busy with graduations, kids wrapping up their school year, and numerous other things that it can feel like we are only rushing from one thing to the next. It is easy to over-extend ourselves and feel exhausted in the process. It is easy to not be so sensitive to God's presence because of being so occupied that we forget to pause in His presence. So, though it started as a nuisance, that slow light has become a blessing to take a minute for God to just be and pause. For that, I am grateful.

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Thank you God for those slow lights that take a long time to change! I thank you for being present in those quiet and slow moments while everything else seems to be rushing around me. Help me to always take time to pause and return to you God. 

Amen.

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Simply a little pencil in God's hand,

Elizabeth