Holding On Too Long

A firefly decided to hitch a ride with me as I took my son to Vacation Bible School this morning. I did not even see him until I was doing about 40 miles per hour. He was clinging to the driver's side window. Holding on for dear life.

I am a sympathetic soul and I began to hope for his survival. If this were a roach, however, I would have attempted to sideswipe another car to squish it to death. But a firefly is a special kind of bug. Glowing is an appealing feature, in my opinion.

I slowed down to 25 miles per hour in hopes that he would let go.

No such luck.

I came to a red light.

Complete stop.

He still held on.

He even repositioned himself to face the wind head on and keep his wings (hello - he must have forgotten he has those wings) from flapping in the wind.

He rode the entire way home with me. Taking quite a beating, too. When I pulled in the driveway, I rolled down my window enough to encourage him to let go.

He just fell to the ground. No more flying for a while for the little guy.

God said we can "soar on wings like eagle's" - Isaiah 40:31 - if we wait on Him.

But so often we are grounded from flight because we won't let go of what we are desperately clinging to. We just let things take us for a ride and in the end we are so battered that flight is delayed.

I don't know about you, but I don't want to be holding on to things that will hold me back.

I want to fly.

And glow while doing it.

Yeah - that sounds perfect!

Let GO and GLOW!