Stepping out

This past weekend, our older son, G, went to a Conference Council on Youth Ministries meeting in Beckley. He road to the meeting with another Western District representative.

Steve called him during the trip and found that G was in Elkview. I will give you a clue that my son didn't have; Elkview is not on the way to Beckley. They left here at 4pm, picked up a friend at around 5pm, and made it to Beckley Temple at a little before 10pm.

Couple of things that you need to know. The normal person driving normal speed would get to Beckley from Huntington in less than two hours. It took them a little under 6 hours.

And then again, on Saturday, she drove back the L...O...N...G way again.

I asked Grant if his driving friend drove to to Beckley via Summersville because she thought it was the shortest path or because it was a way that she had traveled before. His answer, "Because she was familiar with the way we went.

Do we ever do that? Do we walk the same path because it is safe and familiar? Even if it takes us on a longer path, or even goes the wrong direction? Or do we sometime step out of the box and try something new?