I think it is time to bring out the test drive prank with Jeff Gordon again.
This is what living in a pandemic feels like, is it not?
Anyone else resonate with the moment he accelerates on the ramp?
What gets me every time is the salesman's question at the very end.
"Wanna do it again?"
The only difference between "I am gonna kill you" and wanting to do it again is knowing he could trust the one behind the wheel.
Same course, same speed, same turns but a different desire knowing the one behind the wheel is a professional rather than a psychopath.
I fell onto the floor in a pile of tears yesterday when we got the call Daniel's school is going virtual again. I don't doubt the school made the right decision, but it will be costly for Daniel, for me, and for his siblings. It brought me back to the Jeff Gordon prank. I don't want to get to the end of this pandemic and realize I have screamed and panicked my way through what could have been the faith "ride" of my life.
The One steering this thing is able.
Someday we'll say with the psalmist,
"It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees."
May we say it without regret, having enjoyed the ride that feels out of control in this moment.
May we look over to the One "in the driver's seat" with a confidence that defies our momentary experience and a trust that begs to do it again.
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