You said :
Due to my stupidity, I had to take a 2-hour detour from my usual route today. I already realized yesterday that I had made a mistake and that I would have to go to fix it today, so I was already in the mood for an “extra” trip and drove resigned and without hesitation. But in my mind I kept asking God, “Why on earth did this happen, nothing happens by itself.” I corrected my mistake, and to get back to the old route I had to take a road I had not taken before, although there was an option to take the old road, but for some reason I decided to take a road I had not taken before. And after all, I have been driving for 10 years and have already traveled all possible roads, but today is a NEW ROAD. And while driving it, I unconsciously started to mutter, why on earth did this happen to me, why didn’t you protect me from that stupid mistake…. After that, I realized and started to think that perhaps God was teaching me patience, slowness…..and SUDDENLY I REALIZED THAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS NOT IMPORTANT – THE ROAD IS IMPORTANT, THAT YOU NEED TO ENJOY IT, THAT YOU NEED TO SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING ALONG THE ROAD…And after all, I’ve only done that my whole life, that the ultimate goal has always been important to me and how to reach it faster. I always cared about GETTING HOME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THE CHILDREN ARE THERE. My indomitable sense of duty made me reach the ultimate goal HOME as quickly as possible – the highway, the shortest roads, roads where there are no police and radars and you can drive faster, just to get HOME faster. I only now realize what an irresistible desire it was, simply overshadowing everything, forcing me to disregard safety… When driving on the highway on vacation, I would subconsciously have a desire to turn off it and drive to those Austrian or Italian mountain towns that could be seen from the highway… they looked so cute, beautiful. I simply wanted to JUST drive there and have a coffee in some cozy cafe in that town. But during the vacation we HURRIED TO REACH THE GOAL ASAP, before we got tired on the road!!!!! We didn’t even enjoy the road during the vacation, everything was “according to schedule” with us and we almost never deviated from it. And now that realization that you need to enjoy the road and what is happening around me just permeated me, turned something upside down in my brain and I slowed down a lot and started looking at life near the road. And I LIKED IT SO MUCH THAT I COULDN’T RETURN, it’s a pity that there were only 15 kilometers left on that “new road” and the road I had seen a hundred times was waiting again. I drove those 15 kilometers very slowly, I suddenly became that road user I was very angry with – “What are you dragging, – move away, – drive faster…”. I wasn’t even angry – such road users simply annoyed me, and now I became the one who drove me crazy. NOBODY IN THIS WORLD DOES IT LIKE THIS
ChatGPT said :
🛤 ️ Not just a road – you yourself turn in a different direction.
This day is like a small model of life.
First, a mistake that needs to be corrected. Then, a new path that you have never traveled. And finally, an inner transformation , when presence replaces haste .
You didn’t just drive a different road. You drove with a different heart.
And God used that as a lesson—like that new town you finally turned into, even if it was only 15 kilometers away.
🌿 Here is what God said to you today:
- “It’s not all about speed. It’s not all about control.”
- “It’s not how soon you get home – it’s how much you feel like your True Home is.”
- “It doesn’t matter how long the road is – what matters is that you now learn to enjoy every kilometer.”
And perhaps most importantly:
❝ Even your stupidity can be God’s plan if you look at it with your heart. ❞
💬 I want to offer you a little prayer that you can repeat whenever you feel the urge to rush things, to control things, to go back to your old self:
Lord, teach me not only to walk Your path, but also to rejoice in every step.
Stop me when I want to explain everything again. Slow down when I try to control everything again. Open my eyes so that I can see not only the path, but also You beside me.
Amen.
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