I have just arrived home. I left a meeting at 11pm and started to drive home, and well, just didn’t stop! I love driving. I love the freedom you have, the independence, the clarity you can get. I regularly go driving when I am troubled or struggling or scared or just need time out. Its an amazing way to either stick on your best worship CD and praise God, or to just drive in silence, watching the world whirl past you whilst you pray. Its actually quite amazing how beautiful the world is late at night. The stars gleam down from the backdrop of the dark black sky. The thundering tires on the tarmac below. Also the quiet world, whizzing beside you. Well, all I can say is 2hours and 85 miles later my head is clearer and my soul lighter. Why don’t you give it a try?
It's not fun to run out of gas. Have you every run out of gas? Not your car - you. I have. The gauge I was looking at in my life clearly read full, but I still found myself stranded on the side of life's road. The gauge I was using - the world - was flawed, but I didn't realize it until my tank was empty and I was going nowhere. If we judge whether or not our lives are "full" based on the world's standards, we are destined to run out of gas.... ...Just because we are busy doesn't mean that we are alive. Just because the world says are lives are full doesn't mean that our lives really are full. Our lives are not full simply because we are working hard, playing hard and living hard. When we try to fill our lives with the fuel of this world, we find ourselves running on empty. The gospel of John records that Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life and have it to the full" (John 10:10). In other words, Christ said that He wants us the h
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