Central Abbotsford

For the past two weeks, our family was away on vacation in the Maritimes, and we only got home late last night, so this week’s note is just going to be a quick illustration.

We landed in Vancouver late in the evening, but were able to make our way through the airport and get to our car quickly. Even with the cloud and drizzle dampening things, the long days meant that there was still light in the sky as we started the last leg of our journey from YVR to Abbotsford. 

As we got over the Alex Fraser Bridge, and on to Highway 17, though, and dark began to fall, I noticed that my visibility started diminishing drastically. Was the combination of twilight, cloud, and rain just right to make it really hard to see? Was I just exhausted from a day that began in Prince Edward Island, proceeded on land through New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and finally a 6-hour flight to B.C.? Whatever it was, the road was really hard to see. 

Just as I was considering booking an eye exam, I realized the problem. We had parked the van at Park N’ Fly, as we usually do. Now, I always leave my headlights in the AUTO setting, so that they come on automatically when the vehicle senses that it’s dark enough. However, apparently the person that parked for me didn’t believe in this wisdom, and turned them fully off. 

Once I turned the lights on, everything became much brighter! I could see the road! I was no longer a threat to my family and others on the highway! Thanks to God for sustaining me up to that point. 

Psalm 119:105 says “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” When we do not follow it, when we try to go it on our own, we struggle just as I did driving without the headlights. We court disaster. If we persist in it, we will certainly wreck ourselves. 

Let us be careful, then, to keep to His word and stay on course!