Detour or Derailed (Moving Forward)

I've experienced both in my life. Although the detour and the derailment can feel the same at times they are not. Detours still have progress. A derailment means your off the tracks. A detour has a lesson to be learned. Derailments have pain and frustration until you get back on track. One common trait the detour and the derailment share is they both will cost time. Time cannot be made up, it's not borrowed or saved, it's either invested or spent. Andy Stanley says "it's not about the amount of time you have left, it's about what you will do with the time you have left" As you have read this post, it's taken 45 precious seconds of your life that hopefully you feel were invested and not spent. If your on a detour the quickest way to getting back on target for God's will for your life is to submit to God's process daily during your detour. If your derailed, realize that God's grace is sufficient to pick you back up. Don't waste time, Move Forward!