After spending nearly two weeks on vacation—most of it in sunny California—it’s good to be back home again. We had a wonderful time with some good friends. We saw a lot, we ate a lot, we slept in a few mornings—all the things people normally do on vacation. It was a nice break from the regular routine. But, even so, it’s always great to get home.
I have to admit that I’m not the best traveler in the world. Some people really enjoy the adventure of hopping on a plane and heading somewhere unfamiliar . . . but for me, it’s sensory overload. There was a time in my life when I worried about everything. Worry was, in a sense, my addiction. Somehow I believed that if I didn’t pay attention to every little detail, something awful would happen and it would all be MY fault.
God has, for the most part, really helped me gain freedom from that gripping anxiety, but traveling still brings a few shadows of those old feelings back to the surface. I find myself checking and re-checking that we have our plane tickets. We leave home hours earlier than we need to, to assure that we’ll get to the airport on time and yet I still worry that an accident or a traffic slow down will cause us to miss our flight. I’m constantly fearful that our luggage will get lost or stolen and almost hold my breath until we finally catch sight of it. I’ve never understood why our bag is nearly always the last one to come down the conveyor belt at the baggage pick-up. Traveling holds so many potential catastrophes that it takes a conscious effort and a little divine intervention for me to let go of it all and allow myself to have some fun.
Most people encounter a period in their recovery journey where they KNOW that God has done a work in their lives, but still find that certain situations and circumstances make them vulnerable to old thinking and behaviors. What is it for you? How do you get past it? Please consider sharing your experiences in the reply box below. Your success story might just help another reader in navigating through their next vulnerable patch.
“…so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” — 2 Corinthians 1:4b
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