Our lives are like a train, and here on earth, we only see one car go by at a time.

Over the years we add new cars one by one.  We fill the cars with passengers, treasures, debris, dreams, memories, etc.  We are constantly adding new cars to our train, and we haul all of them with us.  On our life’s journey, our train goes through sunshine, storms, valleys, mountains.  We wonder why we go through valleys and storms, and sometimes they just seem endless.  Some of our cars are heavy with debris that we need to unload, sometimes we need to change tracks, but we are on the ground watching one car after another go by so we cannot see the whole picture and oftentimes do not understand what we do see.

Our Heavenly Father has a different view.  He can see the entire train, the landscape, the mountains, valleys, mud slides, rockslides, washed out bridges, disasters, and the entire picture of what lies ahead.  We need to let Jesus drive our train and guide us through life’s trials and tribulations, storms, valleys, floods, mud slides, rockslides, washed out bridges and disasters.  With Jesus driving our train, we can relax and be filled with peace and joy without the turmoil of doing it on our own.  He is our Shepherd and promises to lead us to our final destination.

He changes our direction to protect us and allows events to happen to us, because He can see the entire picture that we cannot see.

It is wonderful to have an all-seeing Lord watching over us guiding our path, watching our train weave its way through life and driving our train to our final destination!

*The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.  He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.  He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.  Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

-Psalms 23:1-4 (NIV Study Bible)

 

*Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

-Psalms 143:10 (NIV Study Bible)

 

*He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.

-Proverbs 2:7-8 (NIV Study Bible)

 

*Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

-Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV Study Bible)

 

*I will instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.  When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.

-Proverbs 4:11-12 (NIV Study Bible)

 

*The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

-Proverbs 4:18 (NIV Study Bible)

 

*For your ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all your paths.

-Proverbs 5:21 (NIV Study Bible)

 

*In the way of righteousness there is life; along that path is immortality.

-Proverbs 12:28 (NIV Study Bible)

 

*The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

-Proverbs 15:19 (NIV Study Bible)

 

*In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.

-Proverbs 16:9 (NIV Study Bible)

 

*The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame.  You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

-Isaiah 58:11 (NIV Study Bible)