Voices from the Back...

I am the way, and the truth and the life... John 14:6

Yesterday, on my way to the preschool, I found myself in the wrong lane and forced to turn down a road I don't normally travel. The moment I turned my two little passengers began to yell, This isn't the way! Where's the church? Momma, this isn't the way to the church! I smiled at the fact that they were so observant to know I had turned the wrong way--they knew the way to the church. I wasn't surprised. They've been going to the church since they were in infant carriers; it's been a part of their routine from birth, really. But as the day continued, their words kept coming back to me--this isn't the way! The Way... Isn't that what a mother wants for her children, to know their way, to find their way in this life? When I bow my head to talk with my God, our discussion almost always includes the hopes I have that each of my children come to know Jesus, learn to love like Jesus and discover that He is The Way. There are so many things this world screams to me concerning what's important for my children--good grades, test scores, sports, college entrance. It can be so overwhelming sometimes. But God used two little voices from the back of my van--This isn't the way, momma--to remind me that the best thing I can do for my five is to show them The Way--

Praise God for voices from the back... :)