Sunday, May 17, 2020

May 17 – “We’re not in WalMart anymore, Toto”


A day spent primarily in the car.  It has been a while.  Well, if you don’t count the other end of the journey, which amounted to essentially the same thing.  But at least we were back out on the road, if only for a few hours. 

There was no excitement of choosing a hotel or deciding which attraction to make a stop at.  Most of those things were closed anyway.  The highlight of the trip was the stop at Buc-ees to go to the bathroom.  Well, and to grab some prepackaged chicken salad and a box of crackers for a special, on-the-go lunch.  We both faithfully wore our masks that Chris made.  And we were joined by quite a few people of all ages.  Every one of the employees was masked up … properly.  My thoughts on that?  “We’re not in WalMart anymore, Toto.”

We went through a lot of rain the first part of the trip.  I understand Galveston was hit pretty hard while we were away.  Waco had some storms roll through as well.  As it turned out, by the time we hit Buc-ees, the rain had stopped, and we were high and dry the rest of the way home. 

And speaking of home … it’s good to be here.  Chris said it felt like we had been gone for days.  Well, that’s not inaccurate.  We were gone for three days.  That’s more than one …

Romans 1:16 says, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.”

Father, thank you for the chance to start up our journeying again.  I’ve missed it.  Amen.


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