I never really understood the concept of “journey mercies” or the comfort in prayer for safe travels…until I took a road trip by myself.
0052: The semitruck miraculously saw us and did not run us into the wall on the George Washington Bridge. Accident averted.
0053: We never got hopelessly lost. Not even when Google directions were wrong and our maps were unhelpful. Not even when we missed a turn in Friday rush-hour New York City. Not even when we were driving around middle-of-nowhere New Hampshire.
0054: We never ran out of gas (…though I occasionally worried when we were stuck in traffic).
0055: Fresh fruit, soft-serve ice cream, and a friendly home at the end of a long driving day.
0056: The gracious hospitality of our friend’s family (especially their mother. Especially during a busy weekend.)
0057: Relaxing by the water.
0058: Driving past grave yards
0059: Blasting The Sound of Music cassette. Old School, I know.
0060: Patience and endurance for the long drive home. Even when we thought we would lose our minds from looking at so much traffic-filled highway.
0061-64: Her infectious joy. The way he treasures her. A wedding celebration that constantly proclaimed the Gospel and anticipated the wedding feast we will share in heaven with our faithful Groom. The spiritual reality that this image points me towards:
Lord of all, to Thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.
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