Spinning Wheels

Going down the highway racing past the signs…

My thoughts are racing too, with so much on my mind.

I’m looking at the windshield, but it’s like I can’t see past

The brain fog makes my eyes feel stuck right behind the glass.

My hands are placed at 10 and 2 and I’m staying in the lines

If only my brain would do the same-things would be just fine.

The radio plays a song I’ve heard at least a thousand times,

I turn it up-but it’s no use; my restlessness still climbs.

The seatbelt sits across my chest keeping me secure

I try to tell myself I’m safe-but doubt questions if I’m sure…?

I think about the other cars with people racing too

Each one off to go somewhere-with their own things to do.

To work, to school, a baseball field…maybe to just go home

I think about each narrative-and I feel less alone.

Like the road twists and turns and sometimes just stays flat

It strikes me that life can feel often just like that.

The wheels keep turning in my mind and also down the road

Trying to outrun the wind and mental overload.

I’ve got the wheel in my hands and like to have control

The only cost to doing that is it starts to take a toll.

I hit a fork in the road where I simply must decide

“Will my wheels spin to just burnout-or will I learn to enjoy the ride?”

“My way or the highway” is not the way to go

It just leaves you out of gas; ask me how I know…

The truth is that the route to rest is learning to release

It’s about letting go, and coasting into peace.

If we learn to submit to God and trust Him with our fate,

He says He’ll take the lead; and make our pathways straight.

So when my wheels are spinning and I’m desperate for control

I’ll remember which road to take and keep my tank “peace-fueled.”

I don’t want to drive alone and take all the wrong turns

There’s a road that’s so much better and gives rest back in return.

Control is just an illusion like a puddle in the desert

Leaving us broken down and smoking, from the striving we exert.

The Lord is in control, and He always knows what’s best

He doesn’t need a backseat driver and He’s calling us to rest.

So let Him take the lead and show us where to turn

Teaching us to trust His map through each route we learn.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.” 

Proverbs 3: 5-6

Choosing Bold faith with you,

Katie