Speed of Light

Good evening. During my commute this evening, a car in front of me was driving at a speed that I was comfortable with trailing but they were driving reckless at the same time.  So, I passed him and later began to notice that he was dropping off significantly far behind me. I hadn’t sped up any; my car was on cruise so obviously he slowed down after I passed him.

As I continued my drive, I started to wonder if that’s the same thing we do in life. When something is behind us, we can be so focused on keeping it behind us that we endanger or detour where we’re going?  And as soon as we lose the advantage, we become complacent and start to feel defeated.  Are we simply running when we do this or are we convinced that we’re protecting ourselves by staying ahead?  Regardless, many times what’s behind us isn’t trying to necessarily get ahead of us or reoccur in our lives, but WE force it to. Our past can stay in the past but only if we acknowledge it, release it, and move forward with forgetting it rather than running from it.

Many times, I believe, God will allow us to see what’s behind.  Not to temp us into going back. Not to scare us into thinking we have to ‘run’, but to simply remind us that what we see is in our past solely because He delivered us from it.   Whether it’s situations or relationships, don’t run. Don’t speed up. Keep moving at the pace you’re at in this season and enjoy the ride.

Peace – Kimberly

P.S. – Yes, I took this photo. Actually about a year ago.