Here in Waynoka, we have a main line of the railroad system run right through town. You can hear the train whistle blowing from most anywhere. Hearing the train today made me think...
Growing up on Emporium Avenue, West Seneca, NY, (a suburb of Buffalo, NY), I remember many nights laying in my bed which was next to a window facing some railroad tracks and the NY State Thruway, (I-90) for non-NY residents).
Growing up poor and not being too far from home for most of my growing up...I dreamed of days of travel. I would lay awake at night and count train cars and automobiles thinking to myself: "Where are they going...who are these people...what would it be like to travel, far and wide and see different things and meet different people?" I would lay there wishing that I would be able to travel one day to far away places...As a family we never went anywhere, I did not see Niagara Falls till I graduated from high school, thank you Marcia Giambrone, (Niagara Falls was less than 20 miles away from my house).
Here I sit at 53 thinking of all the places I have visited and all the places I have lived. 38 different states, almost 100 different cities, different countries, England, Canada, Philippines, Korea, Japan, even Cuba. I have been in 68 different airports around the world, some more than once, we as a family have been involved in incredible ministries having moved 24 times in 30 years of marriage, (some across town, others across continents even around the world).
I guess I am writing to say thank you Lord! A little boy lying in bed dreaming of great opportunities and I have had them. Oh I know it might not be over and that roots might not grow as deep as I want them to right now, but I am blessed to say that I feel like I have had a ride of my life....
What are your dreams and wishes? Did you lay awake at night and ask God to fulfill them? To use you in the midst of your desires to make your desires become a part of the plan God has for your life and the lives you interact with?
There goes another train whistle...I wonder where that train is going?
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