Deacon's Diary

Deacon's Diary is a weekly feature that appears on the back side of the bulletin at the First Baptist Church of Avalon, Texas.

Travel nightmares.

I read about the travel nightmares just this morning. About how the winter weather all across the mid-west of our country has made it very difficult for some folks to reach their Christmas time travel destinations. The backed up airports. The closed highways. Leaving people stranded somewhere in the middle of their journey.

Not only did I read about it, I saw some of this first hand on Christmas Eve night.  On my way back from a late emergency delivery to Little Rock, AR, I arrived back in Dallas about midnight. I was not alone on the highways. Not even at that late hour. Traffic was backed up because of the ice on all the bridges. Highways were blocked due to accidents and stranded vehicles.

 Some folks traveling through Dallas were, at the very best, late to their destinations. And I would just have to imagine that some of the less fortunate ones did not make it all. Some of those that were involved in the many accidents probably had to cancel their trips all together. Not a good travel day at all. A nightmare, indeed.

I found myself at prayer for those folks while I was stuck there in all that traffic. Those folks that were trying to get to family and friends for Christmas that encountered the travel problems and were either late, or absent altogehter, certainly are in need of our prayers.

But there are some other folks that need our prayers even more. I'm talking about those that go through the motions and traditions that come along this time of year that really don't have anything to do with the real reason for our celebration. Those folks that never take the time to think about the real gift from God above. Those that celebrate with no mind of Jesus. A nightmare, indeed.

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