The Lane God Gave Me
- michaelarichard6
- 3 days ago
- 3 min read
Do you know those moments when you make a turn at the same time as another car and, how it can sometimes feel like that other car is closer than it really is?
I was riding in the car one day with Alex and, I remember getting a little nervous as we were turning.
As long as I stay in my own lane, I’m good.”
At times, life can seem exactly like that.
You observe others progressing, changing direction, speeding up, and it might feel as though everything surrounding you is becoming overwhelming.
It feels like their timelines, their progress, their direction...
Sometimes you wonder if their road is somehow better than the one that God has placed you on.
Yesterday was one of those tough days.
The kind of day that reminds you that the autism journey isn’t always a straight road.
We experienced some regressions, and as a mom those moments can feel heavy.
When you’ve prayed, worked, scheduled therapy appointments, and celebrated the smallest victories..
Seeing a step backward can shake you for a moment.
When those moments happen, it’s easy to look around at other lanes.
It's easy to compare.
It's easy to wonder why things look smoother for someone else’s family,
someone else’s child,
someone else’s journey.
That was yesterday... today I’m claiming a better day!
I’ve learned something about this road God has me on and, that is that progress doesn’t always come in straight lines.
Sometimes it comes in turns, pauses, and even moments that feel like you're going backwards.
Just like Alex said in the car, I can’t focus on every other lane around me.
I have to stay in mine.
In my lane there is still faith.
In my lane there is still purpose.
In my lane there is still hope for my son and for the families walking this same road.
So even after a hard day, I wake up choosing to trust the One who placed me in this lane in the first place.
Recently, I ran into an old friend while sitting in the lobby of the speech clinic.
We were catching up and, I had remembered that she had sold Mary Kay.
In the middle of the conversation as we were catching up she smiled and said,
“Let’s go do our hands.”
I wasn't thinking much of it.
So we walked to the bathroom inside the clinic.
Right there she pulled out her little bag and gave my hands a makeover.
It was simple, just a small moment in the middle of a day filled with appointments and responsibilities.
It was just that... doing our hands, laughing, catching up, sharing a moment of normalcy in the middle of our busy lives.
She was walking in her own lane.
Her business, her Faith, her way of connecting with other people...
Once I had returned to my car, I thought about how a year earlier I had wrote a blog on this exact same lady because in that same place she had prayed over me.
God sometimes uses the simplest encounters to remind us that He’s still present in our journey.
When Christ is guiding your direction, your lane is exactly where you’re supposed to be.
If I spent my life watching every other lane...
every opinion, every comparison, every timeline...
I would lose focus on the assignment God gave me.
When I remain faithful in my own lane,
God has a way of reminding me that I’m right where I need to be.
Sometimes those reminders come in the most unexpected places.
In my case, it was in the bathroom of a speech clinic.
I was simply doing my hands with a friend and remembering a prayer that carried me through the year before.
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