You Are Here

I remember when I was very small squished in the back of a rental van packed with family and suitcases. We were trying to leave the airport to begin our vacation and had found ourselves trapped: every road we tried to turn down was a dead end or looped back into the center of the airport. Frustration built as the chance to make it to our planned bed and breakfast dwindled and we found ourselves passing the same parking lot for the umpteenth time. My father pulled over, threw his arms up in the air and exclaimed "Where in the world ARE we?!?" We all saw the words written on the gate to the lot at the same time:

YOU ARE HERE

We parked in the lot and stayed the night at the adjacent hotel. The next morning we exited the airport without complication and proceeded with our vacation.

We need to remember that wherever we are, God has put us there for a reason. The important thing is not to understand but to be there. It is only through being that we can open ourselves to His work in us and His will can be accomplished. If we are too focused on getting where we think we should be, where we planned to be, then we will miss everything happening where we are. If we are too preoccupied with trying to figure out why, then we will never be present enough to find out why.

So remember: wherever you are in life, there you are. Be there.