Interstate Reflections
Last week I drove from Cincinnati to Chattanooga for the last time and challenged myself to spend half of the drive in silence. For a little over three hours I drove without listening to music or a podcast or while talking on the phone with someone. I simply drove, reflected, and prayed. And although the completion of this time for silence and solitude was the intention in of itself, I learned a lot more about what it means to rest in the Lord from observing the interstate. I moseyed along mile after mile in the right lane, going the speed limit, which if you know how I drive is not usually my pace (this was another challenge to myself). The entire time I watched as cars passed me one right after the other and I was tempted to pick up the pace and follow them. But why? I had to remind myself again and again. Why do I need to rush through this drive? There wasn't any important meeting or event I had to get back for. There was simply n...
