My destination was one hour away. I allowed an hour and ten minutes for my travel time. It was a Sunday morning and traffic should be light. Road conditions should be good. A ten minute cushion should be just right. My destination is in sight just one block in front of me and that is when the red lights start to flash at the railroad crossing. My cushion is quickly eroding. I am so close, yet so far away.
I still arrived on time but not without my anxiety going up just a little. If I had made it 15 seconds sooner I would have been ahead of the train. Instead, here I sit. What shall I do? Well, snap a picture of course. If the time is not a total waste I will feel better about the delay.
Unexpected obstacles can happen in many areas of our day-to-day lives. In much of Missouri and other places in the Midwest it is navigating around flooded streets after the torrential rains. How do we cope? How do we adjust? I have prayed for patience for years and God allows these types of opportunities to arise that I may more fully learn the virtue. I guess I better keep praying and learning, because that train still ticked me off.