More often than not, this requires detours in life to allow us the opportunity to learn, grow and develop. He knows what we each need in order to develop and strengthen our spiritual muscles and sharpen our spiritual insight and wisdom. Neither is it a one-size-fits-all experience.ĭevelopment takes time, tests, failure and overcoming. Keep in mind, development is not an event. He cares more for your character than your comfort, your purity than your productivity. God is more interested in your development than your arrival. They take longer than you originally had planned to travel. Granted, detours are anything but convenient.

Similarly, God will take us on a detour because He is constructing something in our lives as well. When you’re on a highway and there’s a detour, it is usually because workers are trying to fix, build, correct or improve something. In life, as it is often on the road, detours exist because construction is taking place.

This is because before you can ever get to where God wants you to be, He has to do some twists and turns. It’s easy to feel that way when God is taking you to your destiny. In other words, he felt as if he were running into detour after detour after detour, and the detours merely kept replicating and multiplying rather than taking him anywhere meaningful. He had been going through a rough time.Īs he sat in my family room, head hung low, he lifted his eyes to mine and said, “Pastor, I feel as if my detour has met another detour, and they got married and had a baby detour.” Not too long ago, one of the men from the church came to my home to meet with me. I can honestly say I enjoy this aspect of being a pastor immensely. Part of my role as pastor involves mentoring and counseling. “And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance and perseverance, proven character and proven character, hope and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” Romans 5:3-5 (NASB) Catch new episodes every Friday! – Rappler.Loading the player. You can stream Detours from Home the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. We don’t take care of our cat, she takes care of us.When video calls are the only option left.Plant parenting in the time of pandemic.Season one will feature the following stories: Listen as some of your favorite Viva artists narrate these real stories from real people. We’ve partnered with Viva to bring you Detours from Home, the podcast. Now we’d like you to experience these quarantine stories in a whole new way. These are different stories from different people, but because we went through the same poignant time in history together, you’ll definitely find one that you could relate to. There were also stories about online dating while in quarantine and a bookworm finally finding the time to go through her to-be-read pile. And there’s this academic from Barcelona who would cook food that reminded her of home so she would feel less alone. There’s this writer from New York who suddenly had to bike to wherever she needed to go to because taking the subway was just too risky. We received essays from all over the Philippines and abroad. Earlier this year we asked our readers to share with us what they’ve been doing while in quarantine – whether they’ve learned new things or picked up new habits.

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