Just Married

I am learning to find fun in driving over an hour to and from work each day. I enjoy seeing people on their way to work and amazed at all of the things that people accomplish while they are driving. (I actually saw someone completing a word search puzzle while I was stopped at a stop light!)

This morning I was about to exit the interstate when a red SUV caught my eye. Just Married was written on the back window and I enjoyed thinking that someone was enjoying starting their life together. How nice it must be to be on their way to their honeymoon. I wondered if they were going to stay at the beach or where their destination might be. As I exited, I realized that I could see inside of the front of their vehicle. To my surprise two bald men were seated inside, one was black and the other man was white!

We could all try to imagine the story; Are they just carpooling to work in a car someone simply didn't wash? Are they married?? Did someone pull a practical joke? Whatever the story, my first impression was simply blown away when I realized that my first guess was completely wrong. I saw the Just Married written on the car and had already assumed so much. It made me think about the assumptions I make each day. The truth is that we cannot know anything about anything. Only God can know. Appearances are deceiving. Life is too unpredictable. If someone had asked me to guess who was in that car, I would have never guessed two bald men!! I am trying to rest in the fact that figuring out everything beforehand is God's job, not mine.

Psalms 39:6-7

" We are merely moving shadows,
and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.
We heap up wealth,
not knowing who will spend it.
And so, Lord, where do I put my hope?
My only hope is in you."