Missed the STOP sign.

It was 2230.
Mission: Relocate a friend aka moving day. Three loads. Lots of stairs.

Music up. Eyes fixed. Thoughts racing. Driving.

You ever get lost in your thoughts?
Lost in memories?
Lost in dreams?
Lost in your mountain top moments?
Lost in your failed attempts?
Lost in joy, peace?
Lost in hurts, disappointments?
Lost in everything?

As my mind was lost, my phone lights up. Text: "You just totally blew through that stop sign..."

My mind instantly snapped to attention. "WHAT!" Looking in my rear view mirror...sure enough, a stop sign starred at my mirror. Wow! How did I not even see the sign? How had my eyes totally missed the red and white..the big letters... S T O P.

I started thinking of the implications of stop signs - their use, intention, and safety. What if someone had been walking? What if another car was about to enter into the intersection? There are so many things that could have gone drastically wrong. Yet, I was spared.

Reflecting on this night my heart was moved. On this friday, good friday - what a message for my wondering heart. A message to STOP. This typically is not a day to celebrate, but one to sense, to pause in order to try and grasp the depth of His love. Why He chose the cross. While I was yet wondering, he chose to die. I (we) don't have to be good enough, clean enough, put together for He chose us while we were still a hot mess.

So tonight, today, wherever your journey has taken you - stop. Let you mind settle, your emotion rest, and your past and future calm...stop. Pause. For when I take the time to actually stop, look around, and let my mind be focused on Him...I don't miss the signs, I don't miss the moments, and I can experience a peace that goes beyond my understanding.

Good Friday a day that changes everything.