{"id":370,"date":"2011-01-10T03:19:41","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T03:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ultimatejoy.wordpress.com\/?p=370"},"modified":"2015-07-02T15:28:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T22:28:03","slug":"gallup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/?p=370","title":{"rendered":"Gallup"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are few places in the world where history truly overlaps with the \"\"<\/a>present.\u00a0 Some are boring stuffy places, other more grand, but one is a sleepy little town in New Mexico named Gallup.\u00a0 History slams face to face with today not because of the quaint motor lodges or the proximity of the Indian reservations.\u00a0 No, Gallup gains this distinction because old Route 66 runs right through the town.<\/p>\n

On a recent trip there, my husband, Richard, and I stood in the middle of the route \u2013 right on the center double line.\u00a0 If you squinted just right, you could almost see the traffic, hear the rumblings of the old 1950 gas guzzlers and listen to the joyful laughter of the travelers headed east or west. It didn\u2019t matter which direction\u2026they were, after all, on a grand adventure.<\/p>\n

Which makes looking back, bittersweet.\u00a0 Sweet because of the joy of the open road, the opportunities of Route 66 for Americans, recovering from World War II, to discover their land, their great country \u2013 some of them for the very first time.\u00a0 Bitter because no one likes to be abandoned.\u00a0 The road is a relic right now \u2013 overlooked and out of place.\u00a0 History reaching beyond the bounds of time, yet still unable to keep up with modern advances.<\/p>\n

Which touched me deeply as we stood on the yellow line because even as adults, we can\u2019t escape the feelings of being overlooked, outside, left out. That\u2019s one thing we\u2019ll never be with God \u2013 unless we make that choice.\u00a0 God will never leave us or abandon us.\u00a0 And I\u2019m convinced God is the only one who knows which choices will bring me life and joy, and which ones will bring hardships that He wouldn\u2019t have chosen for me if I\u2019d asked.\u00a0 The only way I know to be sure of the correct answer is to invite Him into the decision-making.\u00a0 Then, if my choice doesn\u2019t seem logical or I get push-back from others, I can still lean on the knowledge that He\u2019s in it with me.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure not an expert at this, but He knows I want to keep learning how to trust Him more and more.<\/p>\n

2011 is still a very young year.\u00a0 We\u2019ll face both opportunities and choices.\u00a0 I\u2019m asking that with every choice you are facing, that you ask the Holy Spirit to guide you toward the answer that brings you life, fulfillment and joy\u2014even if it\u2019s the answer that doesn\u2019t make sense on the outside.\u00a0 May you experience the sound of His voice in a new and personal way\u2026no squinting needed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are few places in the world where history truly overlaps with the present.\u00a0 Some are boring stuffy places, other more grand, but one is a sleepy little town in New Mexico named Gallup.\u00a0 History slams face to face with today not because of the quaint motor lodges or the proximity of the Indian reservations.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,5],"tags":[6,13,16,48,23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1252,"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions\/1252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myrawells.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}