“Not all who wander are lost.”

Gandalf

It’s amazing what you can learn while traveling down the road.

Yes, you will view beautiful scenery and meet interesting people, but one thing I love the most is when my husband discloses something I did not know before. It seems that discovering new places and people have an added effect. It also brings on the recollection of adventures from the past

We have been married for going on forty-five years, and the chance of uncovering something new would seem very slim I suppose. Add our long history together with a man who is reserved with his words, and the odds of learning something new just aren’t good. But the exact opposite has happened. I have learned some details about his life that were previously unknown to me.

During a trip to Big Sur, Paul told me about camping there as a boy. He was friends with the neighbor’s son and they had invited him. He had spent a lot of time with the family at their farm on the central coast of California, helping to pick the crops they raised. Another place reminded him of the time his dad took him to see a car race. Then on a recent road trip through Iowa, he talked of the time he visited his uncle’s farm and he was given permission to ring the dinner bell to let them know it was meal time. He was good at it, except when he rang it at the wrong time. He smiled as he told of the big ruckus he had caused and how much trouble he had been in from his ‘innocent’ mistake.

These tiny glimpses into my husband’s boyhood made me love him even more. I could picture a small bit of this little boy who grew up to be the man I know. It’s a treasure to peek into a time that was previously a mystery to me.

God Sighting

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him. But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.”

1 Corinthians 2:9-10

 When Jesus was giving His last instructions to the disciples, they were disheartened. What would they do without Him? Who would be their Teacher? Jesus told them not to worry. Good things were coming. Then He tells them of someone who would come and be with them forever—the Spirit of Truth

This Advocate or Holy Spirit, as Jesus calls Him, whom God will send “will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have said to you.” (John 14:26) “Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” He says it again in John 16:12-13 “I have so much more to tell you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth.

I am so glad that we, too, are recipients of the Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 1:13) We will know Him, for he lives with us and will be in us. (John 14:17) It is He who is constantly pointing out new things to me as I travel through the Scriptures. He also reminds me of things I already know in the moment I need them. Whether to apply to my life or to lend to someone else, He whispers, “Remember that verse or story we saw in the Bible? That applies here in this situation, too.

But the best thing about having the Holy Spirit is the constant glimpses of God along the way. The little mysteries He uncovers for me to draw my heart closer and give me a better understanding of the God who has allowed me to walk through life with Him. I cannot be silent about what I discover along the way. I write in the hope that others will embrace this journey with God for themselves. They will never regret what they discover when they go a-wandering with the Holy Spirit

Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Jeremiah 33:3