U-Turns and Missed Chances

I remember when I was a little girl, my family and I would drive up to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to go to the movies – just a nice night out of the house together. At least, that was what it was intended to be.

You see, in order to get to the Soo, we needed to drive forty-five minutes from our home. For that forty-five minute drive, my brother and I were in the back seat together, a mere arm’s length away from one another.

If any of you have siblings, you might be aware that close quarters with other siblings for extended periods of time tend to be a little…dangerous. Such was the situation this particular day.

It started out well enough, however after the first fifteen minutes, we started arguing. It was most likely about something very insignificant, but when you are nine years old everything is exaggerated. Well, for the fifteen minutes after that, my parents put up with it – giving us the occasional look and “Don’t make me come back there!” I cannot say we weren’t warned – we most certainly were, but my parents patience finally ran out. They hit the wall. My dad slammed on the brakes of our Ford Escort and pulled a u-turn in the middle of M-129.

We were going home.

You can imagine the screams, sobs and apologies that were now pouring from both me and my brother. We wanted more than anything that night to go to the movies, but we just did not realize that it might not happen, until we were driving in the opposite direction of the theatre.

In the moment that we realized we were not going to the movies, all our squabbling made absolutely no sense. None. Would we have argued if we knew that it would cause us to lose our movie privileges?

So now my question is, will non-believers regret their unbelief when Christ returns?

The answer is yes. They will regret their squabbles with God. They will regret thinking that they had all the time in the world. They will regret ignoring God’s warnings and His calls to follow Him.

There is only one thing God ever asks from us, and that’s faith.

God knows that when the time comes, everyone will believe in Him. But it will be because we will see Him face to face. He wants us to believe NOW.

So I guess what I am saying is this: Don’t wait for God to make the U-turn before you realize the good He can do for you. Don’t wait until it is too late.

Christ is there, within your reach, if you are willing to trust him and take His hand.

This is one chance you have, one decision that will change your life, and one of the few things you will never regret.

Don’t miss it.

“You will hear a voice behind you saying, ‘This is the way. Follow it, whether it turns to the right or to the left.”

 

~Isaiah 30:21