Did you take a detour? Are you back on track?

Yes, it’s been a “hot minute” since I have posted. Did I think about it? Absolutely. Did I log in to do it? No, I did not. You may ask, ‘what happened?” Well, like most people on the planet, life just intervened. My class got really busy, the school year’s end with all the things was distracting, vacation, and home repairs.

You know what it’s like to be knocked off your schedule with life events. All good intentions to get back on track, but sometimes the detour takes a little longer than planned. This temporary hiatus was not planned, and went on longer than expected because I am no longer bound to my computer each weekday. When I was using my computer each day for work, it was easy to stay a little longer to write.

So the thing about this current detour is that I knew it was happening and felt a bit powerless to stop it. My good intentions to return to my routine seemed to forever getting pushed back ‘one more day’. The tricky part of that is if I don’t make it intentional, it’s not going to happen. No matter the topic, intentionality is the key.

Sometimes the path is going in a new direction and it’s a matter of figuring out how to get there or it could be solving a particular problem one piece or day at a time. Lots of pieces are in flux at the moment and I am not in control of any of them- a situation all on it’s own.

To answer my own question, yes, I’m back on track. That was an easy decision, not as easy to sit down and do it. Life is not always easy and we have to be able to deal with the curveballs without getting off track.

How do you get back on track? You can make a new/different choice, ask for help, pray more or differently, or simply keep going. My choice is to be more intentional with the original goal of this blog, to share my thoughts and encourage others.

You are where you are for a reason. Me too. I frequently wonder what the reason and can be quite concerned if I can’t figure it out. The solution/reason I return to time and again is that if I really trust that God’s got this, then I have to actually give it over to HIM. My limited understanding is not going to get me there on my own.

I’m back on track. What about you?