Yesterday, I wanted to make it to Burgaw a little early so that I could get a cup of coffee after leaving the post office.  I left home a few minutes early in order to get a delicious cup of joe from Court House Coffee.  I was headed to work on HWY 117 when I see that traffic in my lane is at a stand still.  There is a huge sign on a DOT truck that says, "Right Lane Closed", and I'm thinking, "You think?!"  Apparently road crews were placing new reflectors down the middle of the highway...every so often they would go and then stop which made me drive a few feet and then stop.  Needless, to say I was frustrated because I was driving on a two lane road and could not pass.  I was thinking to myself that I could not drive the next ten miles to Burgaw going only five miles and hour--it would take me two hours to get there.  I wanted to let the DOT crew in front of me have it!  Then I looked in my rearview mirror and saw all the cars lined up behind me--those people probably were letting these men have it too.  The DOT crew was only doing their job and my frustration wasn't going to make them do it any faster.  Luckily, the cars in my lane got to a point where we could pass.  I made it to Burgaw in enough time to get that cup of coffee.

Life is like that sometimes.  We may be headed down the right road and completely prepared to make it through the day, but sometimes we face road blocks or DOT crews.  When we face these road blocks in life we get frustrated, angry, upset, and doubtful.  All we see is the "Right Lane Closed" sign in front of us.  We think we will be on the road forever, but when we least expect it we enter a place when we can make it around the road block.  I have had a few of these road blocks along the way and I felt like I would never get past them.  Looking back I see that I was not alone in my struggle--although, I was doubtful my Creator was with me.  I believe our Creator is with all of us through the journey.  The next time you get behind a DOT crew remember it will only be for a short while..you are not alone.