#SaturdayShortStory - Storms
It's raining but I keep driving.
I can't see but I keep moving.
My tires lose traction but I don't stop.
I'm wondering if this is it for me.
Surely God won't let me go before I truly live, but what is truly living?
I'm gonna eat right, love hard, feet-to-the-pavement-grinding.
I pray about a thousand times and the rain stops.
The sun comes out.
The road is dry.
It's hard to believe there was ever a storm.
I stop praying.
I start daydreaming.
I get distracted.
I depend on my hands, my feet, my head to keep me in my lane.
I turn up the music.
I'm singing about strawberries and champagne.
My shoulders are moving to the beat.
I let the seat recline a little.
I'm no longer at ten and two.
I'm bobbing my head.
I have zero worries.
I blink my eyes and the clouds turn from blue to gray to black.
I can see brake lights ahead.
I glance over at the eastbound traffic...I'm going west.
I want them to tell me what to expect. "How hard will it be?", "Could you see through the rain?"
Just as they begin to enjoy the 24 Karat sunshine that I just experienced I'm driving through another storm.
I turn down the music.
I adjust my seat.
My hands are at ten and two.
I pray. I pray again.
I pray for what feels like forever.
I get that nervous feeling deep in my stomach.
I want Jesus to take the wheel.
I can't see where I'm going.
My tires swerve at little.
I'm scared.
I'm alone on the road.
I can't see what's in front of me or where I just came from.
I pray.
God answers: "just keep moving. I'll be your eyes, your hands, and your feet. Faith is all you need."
The storm is harder than before.
I want to give up especially when I see other folks under bridges, pulled over, or exiting the interstate altogether.
I keep moving.
Stopping will only further delay me.
I keep driving at a snails pace.
The closer I get to my destination the harder it begins to rain, but I keep going.
Soon I've arrived.
I made it.
I'm a little shaken.
I'm a little tired.
I look over at the passenger seat and in the backseat.
I did it alone.
Then God reminds me: We did it together.
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