God on the freeway

This morning, as every Thursday morning, I made the 45 min drive to school in Azusa. I realized that one of my best times to hear God is on the commute. I start out praying and listening to a worship CD, and then I think God enters in because it's so easy to veg and free-associate and let my mind wander and be open to whatever he wants to say. Some of my best sermon ideas have come to me while I was driving. When I'm at a prayer meeting or intentionally waiting for God, sometimes I think I try too hard and have a harder time quieting my own thoughts.

It occurs to me that this might not be a good thing . . . Brandon thinks I'm an annoyingly erratic driver, and refuses to ride with me. He always drives when we go out, especially because he likes driving my still-newish and very clean car. So relaxing my mind while I drive might not be so good . . . but then I haven't hit anyone yet, so maybe God protects me as I'm listening for him. I hope so. Maybe you should pray for me and everyone else on the freeway :)

Anyway, this morning, God brought to mind some people who have been struggling with really hard things, and I began to pray for them, and to feel their burden. As much as I want to call people to greater faith and taking leaps of faith, I felt a heaviness for some of our CBC-ers for whom circumstances are so incredibly hard. So hard that getting through the day is an act of faith, and believing in God enough to come to church at all takes huge effort and energy. If that describes you, I prayed for you this morning.