Fair Weather Traveller
Whether the weather be fine, Whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold, Whether the weather be hot, We'll weather the weather, Whatever the whether, Whether we like it or not”
We have recently heard much about the disruption to travel due to Ash Clouds, strikes, riots, disease and natural disasters. My daughter was stranded at Schipol airport for 4 days during that time she was subjected to sleeping on the floor, on a camp bed, eating only bread and ham with water, being watched constantly by security guards, with no access to showers or clean clothes.
This experience highlighted to me the extremes of emotions we face when circumstances change so dramatically causing us to be faced with situations in which we feel out of control and displaced.
All this got me to thinking about what sort of traveller am I….. am I simply a fair weather traveller….. I travel or journey well when everything is going in the direction I desire, when everything is running smoothly and everyone travelling with me is in one heart and mind and is happy in the journey?
We are called to be pilgrims, the word of God says "Blessed is he who has set his heart on Pilgrimage." We are not guaranteed Fair weather travel all through our life's journey, but we are guaranteed a friend to journey through with us, through the valleys, the hills, the dry places, the deserts, the wilderness places and the high places, the rocky places and the smooth places. Whatever terrain we have to navigate we know that the Lord is with us to make the rough place smooth, and to bring water in the scorched land.
I have decided to enjoy the journey whatever the terrain, I will be a traveller not simply a fair weather traveller but I will set my heart to Know Him and walk with Him through every circumstance of Life knowing that the journey will be rich with His grace and abundance.
