“Turn right,” the disembodied female voice intones. “Then, take the highway.”

So we turn right and take the highway.

GPS Guidance For Driving

No, we aren’t the Jetson family but we have come to rely on the GPS receiver mounted on the dashboard, especially when we are traveling across the country or in unfamiliar big cities. We have named the GPS “Rhoda” (because it sounds like “road”) and she’s practically a member of the family and keeps us company when we travel. Sometimes we laugh at her mechanized turn-of-phrase, but what amuses us the most is when we don’t follow her instructions.

“Off route!” squawks Rhoda in alarm. “Turn around when possible.”

We ignore her and keep going our own way. She tolerates that for a few minutes and then she’ll nag again. “Turn around when possible.”

So we fill up with fuel (which is usually the reason we get “off route”) and return to the highway. Rhoda gently directs us in which way to turn to get headed in the right direction and then tells us, “Follow the highway for 63 miles.”

And we don’t hear from her again for 62 ½ miles.

We have discovered, though, that Rhoda doesn’t always know the way to go, especially on some of the forest service roads here in north Idaho. She thinks she does. She’ll tell us to turn left, and if we followed her directions we would end up hurtling off a cliff! So once again we ignore her and follow our own good sense.

Aren’t you glad that God is more reliable than a fancy satellite system?

We can fully rely on Him for directions in life if we just stay tuned in.

“In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.”

Proverbs 3:6

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Karla Cook rambles about family life, road trips, outdoor adventures, and all things vintage at Ramblin’ Roads.

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