This Weekend's Message: Breakdowns

I remember being on a road trip as a young kid in our Dodge Caravan, headed up to Yellowstone National Park. The van was packed on the inside to the point that my two brothers and I had our feet resting on suitcases and sleeping bags, ice chests full of food looming over our heads behind us. Not only was the inside packed, but the roof rack overflowed with those large blue Tupperware containers, strapped down with rope tied in knots that only an Eagle Scout would know how to get undone. (Thankfully my Dad is an Eagle Scout.)

As we drove down the road, our family encountered a variety of "breakdowns." Some physical, like when the lids blew off all the Tupperware containers on the roof and we had to stop on a very narrow shoulder of a very fast highway, and my Dad timed the speed of oncoming cars to run out and fetch them. (This happened a few times.) There were also the emotional breakdowns
of three kids, all crammed in the same bench seat, wanting only to be...somewhere else!

Though it was a wonderful trip, there must have been many points  where turning back seemed like the best option, but we pressed on, and made it to Old Faithful.

This week we are going to look at some "breakdowns" that occured on Paul and Barnabas' road trip. Why did they press on? How did they continue when faced with such adversity and disappointment? And what are we supposed to take away from this story? This week, take some time and read Acts 14 and consider for yourself the lessons that come from Road Trip Breakdowns.

See ya Sunday,
Jeff