What do you do when the road is closed? Do you sit at the sign waiting for the workers to finish up and re-open the road? Do you turn around and go home, since you can't go where you had planned? Do you call friends and tell them how frustrated you are that someone closed the road? Do you pray that God would miraculously open the road? Probably, you do none of the above. You probably take the detour. While detours are often inconvenient, they are also very helpful. Even though we don't think of it this way, they often keep us from harm and prevent us from destroying our vehicles on roads that are not safe for driving. What do you do when life's road is closed? Everyone has experienced the frustration of a good plan stalling because of an unexpected roadblock. How do you respond when life doesn't go the direction you thought it might. Some people just stop. They refuse to move on with life until they can do it the way they had planned. Some people
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