Wondrously show your steadfast love, O savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.
(Psalm 17.7 NRSV)
Have you ever been stuck in traffic behind a really slow moving vehicle? This can be a very frustrating experience, especially when you're running late. In San Diego there is a highway where one exit leads from one highway directly onto another. To make matters worse there is a steep upward hill on the second highway which is used frequently by cement trucks. You can imagine the results as cars leave one highway traveling 55 miles per hour only to find a cement truck slowly making its way up the hill at 20 miles per hour or less.

One day a woman found herself on this highway behind a big yellow-and-red cement truck. The truck was traveling so slowly that she had to watch the tire tread to be sure the truck was actually moving. It seemed to take forever as the truck slowly approached the same exit that she was taking. After what seemed like an eternity the woman was finally able to pass the truck that slowed her down. To say she was upset would be an understatement. She was fuming. As she passed the truck she looked up at the driver, no doubt to give him a dirty look. But when she glanced up at him he was already looking at her. And then a hand puppet appeared in his window. It was a character from Sesame Street, and it was waving at her as the truck driver smiled. Well, that unexpected gesture changed the woman's attitude. She smiled and laughed. She was no longer upset. In fact she now says that as she drives that section of the highway she looks expectantly for that one yellow-and-red cement truck.

Now that certainly isn't what you would have expected in such a situation. May Jesus continue to do unexpected things in our lives.

Dear God, may you love unexpectedly shine in all places today. Amen.

Ron Newhouse

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