The great architect Frank Lloyd Wright often spoke of an incident in his life that seemed insignificant at the time, but had a profound influence on the rest of his life. The winter he was nine years old, he walked across a snow covered field with his reserved no nonsense uncle. As the two of them reached the far end of the field, his uncle stopped him. He pointed out his own tracks in the snow, straight and true as an arrow’s flight, and then young Frank’s tracks meandering all over the field. “Notice how your tracks wander aimlessly from the fence to the cattle to the woods and back again,” his uncle said. “And see how my tracks aim directly to my goal. There is an important lesson in that.”
Years later the world famous architect would tell how the experience had contributed to his philosophy in life. “I determined right then, not to miss the things in life, my uncle had missed.”
One of the first things that we learn in school is that the closest distance between two points is a straight line. I suppose that is true but what if we get from one point to the next and then realize that we have missed the life God wanted us to have because we didn’t enjoy the journey. We weren’t willing to stop along the road or step off the path for a moment or two and just contemplate God’s creation. Take a side trip or two this week.
See you in worship this Sunday.
The great architect Frank Lloyd Wright often spoke of an incident in his life that seemed insignificant at the time, but had a profound influence on the rest of his life. The winter he was nine years old, he walked across a snow covered field with his reserved no nonsense uncle. As the two of them reached the far end of the field, his uncle stopped him. He pointed out his own tracks in the snow, straight and true as an arrow’s flight, and then young Frank’s tracks meandering all over the field. “Notice how your tracks wander aimlessly from the fence to the cattle to the woods and back again,” his uncle said. “And see how my tracks aim directly to my goal. There is an important lesson in that.”
Years later the world famous architect would tell how the experience had contributed to his philosophy in life. “I determined right then, not to miss the things in life, my uncle had missed.”
One of the first things that we learn in school is that the closest distance between two points is a straight line. I suppose that is true but what if we get from one point to the next and then realize that we have missed the life God wanted us to have because we didn’t enjoy the journey. We weren’t willing to stop along the road or step off the path for a moment or two and just contemplate God’s creation. Take a side trip or two this week.
See you in worship this Sunday.