A few months ago, I had to make a quick dash to the grocery store. The store had an indoor car park on the ground floor and a much bigger car park in the basement. However, I don’t like parking in the basement and avoid it if I can.

On this fateful day, there were only a couple of parking spaces available on the ground floor and there were a few cars in front of me, waiting to park.

I had just driven past a bay, when a man, approached it with his cart full of groceries. He transferred his shopping into the boot. All this time, I hadn’t moved an inch, and was just a few metres away from his car. When he was done,  he signalled to me that he was going to drive out and I could park in the bay.  By this time, there was a car behind me, and it was impossible to reverse into the bay. He then signalled to me to go round the car park by taking a short cut which bypassed the queue. Given there was no way for me to find an empty bay on the ground floor,  I obliged and went ahead.

Shortly after driving off, I found an empty bay very close to the exit. Simply because this bay was closer to the exit, I preferred this spot to the previous one and I attempted to park there. There was only one challenge; there were a two speed bumps near the bay. Now let me share some fun facts about my driving habits;

1) I love driving
2) I rely heavily on the 360° camera while parking
3) I’m better at reverse parking than forward parking and 9 out of 10 times, I reverse park. 

I tried several times to park in the bay, but the two speed bumps were an obstruction  and I just couldn’t park the car. Finally I gave in and decided to return to the previous bay. By now the queue had increased and it took a bit longer to get there. I was certain the man had seen me trying to park in the other bay from his mirrors. Yet he waited.

As I approached the spot, I noticed that he was very calm, relaxed and with a smile. I couldn’t help but think of God – ever so patient, ever so loving, always seeking to do us good. Many times God gives us an instruction, but distractions along the way lead us off course or we think there’s a better way of getting it done. If we would only follow God’s instructions to a T, we would save ourselves a lot of time and “heartache”. If you’ve ever found yourself wandering off God’s path for your life, there’s only one solution, find your way back. He’s patiently waiting and he doesn’t count our wrongs against us.

To the driver of the other car, thank you so much being a gentleman. God bless you

Note to self: be patient, less distractions and follow God’s instructions.

God bless
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Some scriptures to ponder on

Proverbs 14:12 KJV
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

Jeremiah 29:11 TPT
Here’s what Yahweh says to you: “I know all about the marvelous destiny I have in store for you, a future planned out in detail. My intention is not to harm you but to surround you with peace and prosperity and to give you a beautiful future, glistening with hope.

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