Fun on a Mud Road

June 29, 2025
 
Reflections from the Heart of Allan Redenius
If I were to title this reflection, it would bear the title of, Escapades on a Mud Road.
 
Kids of today don't even know what a mud road is.  If you don't know, it's a road with no gravel, no blacktop, just two paths for your tires.  It's bumpy, grassy, and when it rains, it's muddy.  It's not the kind of road that the plastic cars of today can go on.  When I was growing up, the steel cars driven then had no problem on a mud road.  Your biggest concern was that hidden rock that stuck up in the middle of the path.  Hit that hidden puppy and off comes your oil pan, and the sudden need for a new engine.  
 
On the mud road, you can practice your dirt track racing.  On the mud road, there you can hone your skills in driving in the mud.  On the mud road, you can practice driving through snowbanks until you hit one higher than the car.  One thing about driving in the snow is that there is no stopping.  No stopping until the snowbank is so high that the car won't go forward or backward.  No escape from this monster snowbank, you can't even open the car door.  Your only escape is to crawl out through the window.
 
Of course, all these things about the mud road, I was told.😊  Believe that, and I have a bridge to sell you.  
 
Life can be kind of like those mud roads.  An unproven path, bumpy, grassy, and sometimes treacherous, with hidden obstacles to trip you up, maybe sometimes trap you where you are.  When you’re all alone, it's up to you to figure out how to get going again.  Sometimes you are so alone that even calling 911 is an empty call.  But then, you are not alone.  No matter how stuck you are, how alone you might be, God can lift you up, lift you out and bring you to a place where the road is firm, smooth, and straight.  God can do that, you know.
 
The days of my driving on mud roads are over.  I choose now to stay on the straight and narrow road, close to God.
 
If you need a tow, I'm here.
Pastor Allan
 
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