Wrong Turns Lead to the Right Path

On Friday, I was rushing to get on the road from DC to the beach for a weekend celebration of Easter. I planned to grab lunch for the long drive and could not find food satisfying or convenient. So, I made turn after turn, going further out of my way and not finding anything. I drove in a big circle, only to come back to where I started, frustrated that I had to sit in traffic again while my stomach growled with hunger. Then I looked up and thought 'Ahh, I get it now.'

Mind you it was Easter... There was a crowd of people walking behind a man carrying a heavy cross.

I believe those wrong turns, or what I thought were detours, directed me exactly to where I needed to be. In God's time, opportunities are presented to us on purpose. All the little things in life that we don't plan for and throw us off our game, happen so that we can experience something better. So that we are in the right place at the right time although it does not feel that way when we have tunnel vision and only focus on what is going wrong. Live with your eyes wide open.

"When we stop looking for what we think we want,

we find what we never knew we needed."