Ruts in The Road

That’s why we live with such good cheer. You won’t see us drooping our heads or dragging our feet! Cramped conditions here don’t get us down. They only remind us of the spacious living conditions ahead. It’s what we trust in but don’t yet see that keeps us going. Do you suppose a few ruts in the road or rocks in the path are going to stop us? When the time comes, we’ll be plenty ready to exchange exile for homecoming.
2 Corinthians 5:6‭-‬8 MSG

A few ruts in the road...ha! As I see what some people have to face, earthquakes that tear up a road completely, fire storms consuming their homes, entire families being slaughtered by wicked men, a few ruts are nothing and I am grateful.

The ideal life is just that, ideal. If I should experience it for a moment or at all, I am grateful. As I read the New Testament I see Jesus say: foxes have holes, birds have nests but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.Matthew 8:20

Jesus did find places to rest but they were not His own property. We have an obsession with property in Australia and that obsession has led to an overpriced market and now there is a decline in values. We always go too far with greed.

The unfortunate thing with rentals is the tenants do not care for their lawns and they have a habit of moving, a lot. The children do not get to settle and make permanent friends. In my street there are a lot of rentals but the permanents are making friends, the children are at least and it is lovely to see.

So...back to ruts in the road, they are not important. What is important is a good attitude. Children do it better. I love watching the way they solve things. There is no bullying here. Praise God!