“Whose Voice are we Hearing!

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 678

April 9, 2024///

You have probably heard these two mature lady jokes, but I want to share them and then make a point. Really there is a point!

Five old ladies in a car . . .

Sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a State Police Officer sees a car puttering along at 22 MPH. He thinks to himself, this driver is just as dangerous as a speeder!” So, he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over.

Approaching the car, he notices that there are five old ladies — two in the front seat and three in the back — wide eyed and white as ghosts.

The driver, obviously confused, says to him, “Officer, I don’t understand, I was doing exactly the speed limit! What seems to be the problem?”

“Ma’am,” the officer replies, “you weren’t speeding, but you should know that driving slower than the speed limit can also be a danger to other drivers.”

“Slower than the speed limit? No sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly… Twenty-two miles an hour! “The old woman says a bit proudly.

The State Police officer, trying to contain a chuckle explains to her that 22″ was the route number, not the speed limit. A bit embarrassed, the woman grinned and thanked the officer for pointing out her error. But before I let you go, Ma’am, I have to ask… Is everyone in this car OK? These women seem awfully shaken and they haven’t muttered a single peep this whole time,” the officer asks.

“Oh, they’ll be all right in a minute officer. We just got off Route 119.”

Two Old Ladies Driving

Two elderly women were out driving in a large car – both could barely see over the dashboard.

As they were cruising along, they came to an intersection.

The stoplight was red, but they just went on through.

The woman in the passenger seat thought to herself, “I must be losing it, I could have sworn we just went through a red light.”

After a few more minutes they came to another intersection and the light was red again and again they went right through.

This time the woman in the passenger seat was almost sure that the light had been red but was really concerned that she was losing it.

She was getting nervous and decided to pay very close attention to the road and the next intersection to see what was going on.

At the next intersection, sure enough, the light was definitely red, and they went right through, and she turned to the other woman and said, “Mildred! You just ran through three red lights in a row! You could have killed us!”

Mildred turned to her and said “Oh, am I driving?”

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Yes, these are funny or sad whichever way you want to look at them. But let’s look at the truth we can gain from each.

The first one reminds me that many of us are going to slow sometimes and speeding through life at breakneck speed at other times or maybe you are going to slow, and others are going too fast.

It is because we are reading (or listening) to the wrong signs (or voice). When we are not in tune with the direction God our Father gives deep in our hearts, we can be traveling the right road at the wrong speed and miss the great things he has for us.

The second one reminds me that sometimes we do not even realize we are driving our own life rather than letting the guidance deep in our spirits drive our life.

We end up going through warnings and getting in dangerous places.

I encourage you to think about these today. Are you going to fast or slow or running your own life? Let Jesus be your Lord and direct your paths and you will find that is not the better but the absolute best way! Travel with Him at the speed He directs!

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Father, forgive us when we listen to the culture of the world and travel the wrong speed or even the wrong road. Forgive us when we think we can direct our own way through life and do not even understand that we are putting ourselves and others in danger. May we allow you to open our spiritual ears to hear the truth of what you are saying and directing, and we will always be on the right road traveling at the right speed with you driving our life. I ask this in the mighty name of Jesus’ Christ who came, died, was risen, and set us free to be all He created us to be! Amen!

Love, MeMaw!