The fog was dense around my little car as I drove slowly toward home.

Peering into the whiteness, I couldn’t see more than a few of the yellow lines ahead of me on the road.

Familiar landmarks rose up beside me through the mist, and immediately disappeared as I passed.

So much like life sometimes… knowing so much, yet seeing so little.

I knew I was on the road, and which road I was on.

I knew where I started off, and where I was going.

And I knew that I had to go slowly, because I couldn’t see ahead far enough to slow down in advance for the bends.

Yet I couldn’t see any of those things… I had to rely on what I knew.

I can’t see what lies ahead for me.

I know I’m on the path God planned for me, walking in surrender to His will.

I know if I continue on this road, it will someday lead home.

But right now, it’s really foggy. I have no idea how everything will work out between here and heaven.

I’m needing to slow down so I don’t lose control on the unexpected bends I may face…

To step back. Trust God. And approach life with prayer.

Because in the middle of everything I don’t know, there are facts I do know that are unchanging.

God is good. God knew all of this before I was born. God has already drawn a pathway through it all.

God will never let go of my hand if I keep reaching for Him.

Beneath the waves, His arms are holding me.

I know God.

Wherever God calls me to go, He will go with me.

Wherever God calls me to stay, He will stay there with me.

If I am willing to surrender to His timing, and not try to rush the unfolding of His plan, I don’t need to fear what lies around any of the sudden twists or turns in the road.

Because if I stay with God, He’ll stay with me.

And He won’t let go of me… no matter where I’m called.

So I can relax my grip on the steering wheel, knowing that I will never have peace if I dig in my heels and stubbornly refuse to move in the direction He calls. Fear is not from God, and not a valid reason to fight change.

I’ll keep moving forward, slowly, prayerfully, navigating through the fog.

I don’t know where the road of life may lead me, but I will continue to trust.

I rest in the constant knowledge that in all the things I do not know, God is already there.

If He calls me out of my comfort zone, He will be there.

I will never be asked to face losing all that is familiar to me, because God will never leave my side.

And I know God.