Clarity From the "Big Red Truck"...

For those of you who have followed our “journey” from the very beginning days when we served as missionaries with the Charlotte Eagles, you may remember the following article. I wrote it in 2003 when Donn and I were sensing God moving very clearly in our lives (though we did not yet know what He was doing). I’ve resurrected it for today after remembering it while talking with a friend about waiting on the Lord for clarity. Funny thing is, it feels like this article from 2003 is just as true to my life today as it was back then.




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March 2003

The other day, Donn and I sat at a four-way intersection waiting for the seemingly never-ending red light to turn green. Finally, we saw the light change and Donn took his foot off the brake. Just then we began hearing sirens. They were definitely approaching us, but we couldn’t tell which direction they were coming from or whether or not we should take a chance and cross the intersection. Our hearts pounded a bit as we waited. Finally, from around a bend in the road, the fire engine appeared.


I realize that it sounds a bit strange, but I was sitting in our bed last night thinking about all that God is doing in our lives right now. All of a sudden I realized that I feel a lot like I did the day Donn and I sat at that intersection. We can hear sirens, our hearts are even pounding at times, and yet we can’t exactly see where they are coming from or what our response should be. In a nutshell, over the past months we have felt like God is preparing our family for something….He has sent us many ‘sirens’ that are definitely approaching, yet He has not yet chosen to give us true clarity.


What are the sirens indicating exactly? We have no idea! Is it going to be a small change in our lives, or a major shift? No clue! Do you ever just sense that He’s working very clearly to make you ready for the day when He shows you how He wants to use you? That is where we are right now. It may be a change that He shows us today, it may be something that He chooses to show us in 25 years. We don’t know how long we will hear the sirens before the fire engine approaches, but we do know that we will continue to prepare our hearts, minds and family to be ready for God to reveal His will to us.


In the meantime, we have learned that sometimes it is easiest to see God, when it is hardest to see the ‘fire engine’ approaching. Rather than drive ourselves crazy over what clarity the ‘big red truck’ may bring with it, we have chosen to enjoy the little bit of heart pounding and anticipation that comes when you’re in a time of life such as this.

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Are you in a time in life when you’re hearing the sirens off in the distance? Praise God now for the day when He will bring all things together in his perfect clarity!