Article January 18, 1988 Issue

To progress: listen and go forward

To go forward, we sometimes have to stop pushing ahead and listen. Then God shows us the next step to take.

Laura C. Hedstrom

Not long after I had learned to drive our car, a heavy snow fell, covering our driveway. Anxiously I started to back out of the garage, but one rear wheel slipped off the pavement. The wheel spun, and the car refused to move as I tried to back into the proper position. It was too late to take the public bus, and I had to get to work on time.

I took a moment to pray. Then I thought to try to move the car forward. As a novice driver, I was greatly surprised when the car moved smoothly and easily onto the driveway. I was then able to back straight to the street.

How easily the car had moved forward, and how stubbornly it had refused to go backward until I reversed direction! So it is in some of our human experiences. Sometimes we plan and struggle to succeed and finally reach a stage where progress seems impossible. Only as we reverse our steps, ask for divine guidance, and faithfully go forward with new inspiration can we reach our goal.

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