We Are Travelers

To move forward, to reach a destination, one needs to travel.

In the movie, Reservation Road, the lives of two families gets tangled because of a fatal accident involving a hit-and-run driver who killed a boy in the road accident. One family came from a concert where the boy was performing; while the other (a father and his son) enjoyed a baseball game. Both were travelling towards their respective homes, when the incident occurred. It was unintentional as the father with his son, peeked into his ringing cellular phone while driving. Before he knew it, a car toward his way, so he swerved to the roadside, where the boy from the other family was setting free fireflies caught earlier. While one family struggles on the loss of a life; the man who caused the death

bleeds emotionally with guilt.

We are all travelers. We ride on transport vehicles toward work. We embark on boats to visit relatives or friends in other islands. We board on aeroplanes to reach foreign lands. We can never be sure what will happen along the way.

Take for instance Air France flight 447, carrying 228 people that disappeared four hours after taking off from Rio de Janeiro bound for Paris. Not one of those passengers thought that they would never make it to the Charles de Gaulle airport. Their earthly journey came to a sudden halt; their next travel should take their souls to a final destination depending on how they lived their lives.

God protects His people from harm. As St Francis de Sales reflected: "We shall steer safely through every storm so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast and our trust fixed on God." There is no certainly in our life journey though. . "We are struck down, but not destroyed". (2 Corinthians 4:8-9) At any point in time, in any place where we are situated, we can be struck down by a power beyond our own. If Satan creates the havoc, we only need to seek the help of God, who will send intermediaries to drive the evil one away. If it is God’s plan; be unafraid for He frees us from the burden of sin and lead us to His glory. "The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore." (Psalm 121:8)