Detours of Destiny 5-2-05

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Lead me in the way that leads to life. ... Traveling home from ministry with my friends from Wales yesterday, we made a wrong turn. As we talked and prayed, laughed and cried, we didn't know we made a wrong turn for a long time. Our detour added many hours to our journey, and I felt very embarrassed when we realized we were as far away from home then as at the beginning of our journey. But You redeem all things. As we looked back on our journey, we saw all the ways You touched our lives and the lives of others in ways that would have never happened if we had gone the way we planned. You take our wrong turns and make them right. You lead us in Your way even in the detours. You love to cause all things to work together for our good, even our mistakes. "The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of God that will be established" (Proverbs 19.21). So in the end, there are really no detours with God for the children of God. "For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God" (Romans 8.14). Sometimes You are leading us in ways we don't realize and sometimes You are there redeeming the wrong ways we have chosen. Either way, if we look to You to be our Way, even our detours become part of our destiny; and You are glorified in all things. Be glorified in our journeys today and every day. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. Be encouraged this day! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays To subscribe/unsubscribe/reply please send a note to me at Messiah Ministries -- "preparing the way of the Lord" -- MessiahMin@aol.com Our mailing address: 2800 Tates Creek Rd; Lexington, KY 40502. God bless you!