We are so different......

I make frequent trips on Loop 289 and Interstate 27 in the mornings.  Most of these trips are spent noticing other drivers.  I'm also visiting with my husband, Tommy; trying to wake up; commenting on the weather and what's a head for the day and waiting for the birthday's on the radio - Tommy's favorite part of the morning show! Even with the different seasons which bring degrees of lightness and darkness and alternating good and bad driving conditions; it is the drivers that always catch my attention. I am an observant person .  I am into details making my observations much deeper than most.  There are the drivers who go the exact speed limit; those that go about five miles over (like me..) hoping the police think that is still within the limit; those that probably speed always, sailing around the interstate going at least eighty-five; those that always put their blinkers on and those that never put their blinkers on; the drivers putting on their make up (making me ponder just exactly when and why I decided to reduce my make up to minimal); the drivers on the cell phones, taking care of things they are convinced cannot wait until a safer time; the drivers hurrying to work; the mom's taking their children to school; hungry drivers trying to find the fast food entrance; the drivers who are leisurely moving along savoring the moment and happy drivers, unhappy drivers, glad drivers, angry drivers and drivers so sad.  We all fit in here so where.  At different times in our lives we become one of these drivers. There are times in our lives when we have the luxury of contently driving. Other times we are consumed with major upheavals in our lives.  There's the time when we drive with our children and we are keenly aware of  protecting them by obeying all the speed laws and mentally dressing down those that don't. The mornings that the alarm did not go off or we forgot to set it.  The mornings that Murphy's Law took over and zero went right adding a worry of what next?  The morning after that phone call came and you realize that you will never see that person again.  The morning that the news tells us of yet another disaster or tragedy.  Like drivers, we are all different. Different in the way we driver, the way we handle life's frustrations and tragedies.  Different in the way we manage our time and responsibilities.  Different in what we consider so vital in our lives and also the things we trivialize.  All these differences and yet we are all so much alike.  As we speed or don't speed, blink or don't blink; we are all looking for something similiar.  We are looking to be a peace, looking for a relief from the real or imagined stress, looking to be accepted and above all looking to be loved.  To love and  be loved is a desire shared by all of us.  It is this love that awakens us, comforts us, brings us joy, guides us into moments of thanfulness, fulfills us, lifts us up to He who brings love. The one who lets us know how much He loves us and how much He calls us to love ourselves and love one another. So differences aside, let us strive to feel His love and show this love always.  Blessings........  Jeremiah 31: 3  "...saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness I have drawn you and  continued My faithfulness to you."