Ben Milstead

A few years ago Mahalie and I were invited to go to Colorado with some friends.  It was going to be an all expense paid trip once we got there, we just had to pay for a plane ticket.  But we had two kids at the time and a busy life.  I was unsure of the travel plans and our itenerary so we opted to stay home. One day I got this postcard in the mail from the same friends.  It was a picture of a huge ski slope covered in fresh powder.  A nice little cabin was over to one side with smoke coming out of the chimney.  It was more inviting than I could have ever imagined.  Across the top of the postcard it said “Wish You Were Here!”  To think that I could have been right there!!  Dang. 

What if you went to your mailbox one day and there was a postcard from God.  “Wish you were here” across the top of it with a picture and description of where you could have been in life if only you would have gone where He wanted you to go.    I wonder what opportunities we have blown because we decided not to follow His direction.  I wonder what that kind of happiness would have felt like.  I wonder what the note on the back would say.  I’ve never seen a postcard from an unhappy place, have you? 

Although we have all missed opportunities in the past, rest assured there will be more.  It’s not too late to find out what HE has in store for your life.  He invites us everyday.  Be ready.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”  Jer 29:11