The first time you have to negotiate a roundabout it is intimidating and scary. But once you get the hang of it they are a wonderful way to keep intersecting traffic flowing. As long as everyone follows the rules they work quite well. One of the features I like is if you miss your exit all you have to do is go around the circle and your exit will be there again. I have been known to go around three times because I missed my exit twice. If I had missed again it would still be there for yet another try. Roundabouts are much like life. If we mess-up and miss something we can usually try it again. The old adage about opportunity only knocking once must have been thought up prior to the invention of roundabouts.
I qualified the going around again with the word “usually.” Sometimes we crash and there isn’t another attempt available. And sometimes in life a few things do only come once. However, most people are resilient. The effects of a defeat slowly ebb and we get on with life. To be a teacher in Massachusetts students have to take state exams. They are not easy. I had a student who tried twelve times before she finally passed. She should get a reward for tenacity.
The sooner one accepts Jesus into their life, better is the life that follows. The wisest thing is to let Him in as soon as possible. But, should we fail to take the opportunity we can know tomorrow will give us yet another try. God is that way. He loves us too much to limit our opportunities. Some might think, “Well, then I can wait.” That’s foolish. Why gamble with eternity and why live in a “shanty” when one can live in a “mansion”?
Written by Roger Bothwell on August 28, 2014
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