if life is a highway

if life is a highway, i'm gonna ride it all night long. If you're goin my way, i wanna drive it all night long....

i just watched the Office and that song was played several times and made me think about how this life is a journey and its going to be a long highway of straight roads, curvy roads, hilly roads, u-turns, but the most important thing is who is driving you? who are you experiencing this highway with?
For me, I've put myself in the drivers seat- not letting Jesus take full control of this one stretch of the highway and let me tell ya, my life has had more bumps. I am getting through those- but it would have been a whole lot easier if i would have let Jesus drive my life the whole time. . . because he knows where he is going and for me...i do not!
its always much easier to drive when you know where you are going then someone else driving and you have to keep telling them where to go and where to turn and they may not hear you and they may take wrong turn and it takes you ten times longer than it was supposed to take. you know- i bet that is exactly what Jesus thinks when we try to take the wheel. Its better when he takes you through a bumpy road then when you take yourself through one.
So i have been reminded that Jesus knows what He is doing with my life and i need to trust in Him more and more and i need to just submit, listen and obey.

Also, another song that has been on my mind all the time is the new taylor swift song Love Song.

SUCH A GOOD SONG! i love it so much....have it on repeat right now actually.

but that got me thinking about the highway thing and who is in the ride with you?

With Jesus driving- who is with you enjoying, embracing the journey with you?

That got me thinking of my boyfriend....we just started dating and i am more amazed by each and every day by his life in the Lord. he really does have Jesus in the drivers seat and it is so encouraging every single day to see him. When i see him i see God in his life. So i am very thankful that he is in that ride with me. Also- my family is right there sitting beside me. they know me the best- they know all my flaws and love me still the same. they demonstrate God's unconditional love so much that I definitely see Jesus in their lives so much that it just encourages me to live a better life and become more of the woman God created me to be. then i have my closest girl friends. ive got 4 that i just love and trust with all my heart and without them i would not be the person i am today. I love spending life with them.

So all in all....

Let Jesus drive, and let those who uplift you in Him- and will help you trust Him driving your life be in the ride with you.

trust.embrace.experience.