If you’ve never taken a Sunday morning drive, you’ve missed something special. It’s not the dazzling, mind-blowing experience you had when you watched those superhero movies. So, even if I shared a cool driving video, most people would yawn and scroll on past.
But there’s something special about a Sunday morning drive.
You’ve gotta get out there earlier now than when I was a boy. Because Americans are on a whole different schedule these days. And if you head out too late in the morning, crowds might make you miss the magic.
I remember a Sunday morning drive Elgielene and I took, about nine years ago. We found a back road, high up on a mountain slope and drove across it to the next town. And, by the way, you don’t have to be on a back road in the mountains to enjoy a magical Sunday drive.
And I think the main reason those kinds of short road trips are magical is because with clear roads and no crowds, you can get a sense of clarity. A better connection with this planet you inhabit. It’s not new-agey. In fact, I believe it can help you see what an incredible design is present at every turn. And how all of creation is filled with purpose. And how the design is dependable year after year. Decade after decade. Lifetime after lifetime.
On our drive, nine years ago, I told Elgielene how it amazes me that all human beings can’t just live their lives, peaceably, without some twisted, deep-down, dastardly need to rule over others.
Because time, here on planet earth, is short.
Even if you could, somehow, manage to conquer and rule the whole world, you still reach the end of your life much faster than you might imagine. So, given that fact, the Golden Rule is so much better than “conquer and rule.” Wouldn’t you agree?
Sure, it’s an old-fashioned idea. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t true. And we need the Truth. Not just a world full of touchy feelies.
But Truth can make you feel guilty sometimes. And nobody likes that. So, touchy feelies spring up like weeds. But, not so coincidentally, Truth can set you free from that guilt. And the afterglow can last forever.
So, here’s my recommendation, on this first Sunday in April 2023. Go for a drive. Get off the main roads. Soak in the countryside. Pay attention to the real world. Not the presentations on social media and TV channels. And notice how everything, from the grass to the treetops, point toward Heaven. That doesn’t happen by chance.
All of creation points to the Savior.
We are all here by design.
All the environment and complex behavior…
The Glory of God makes it shine.
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