Teachers Saving Children^® Inc. - National

Though Judy first emailed me for directions, I did not get her email before her departure time. I called both her home and cell phones, leaving a basic voicemail with directions, and asked her to call me back to confirm receipt. While she didn’t receive either of my messages, she ended up calling me anyway, shortly after starting out, when she stopped for gas and a bite to eat on the road. I gave her clear instructions. “Get on Route A and stay on this route until you are about an hour from my home. Then call me, and I’ll guide you to my house.” She informed me that her husband had programmed their new GPS (Global Positioning System) right before she took off, and that by following its directions; she should have no difficulty arriving at my house at the arranged time.

About two and a half hours later, my friend and I made phone contact again. I inquired about her location. When she told me where she was, I was startled. “What are you doing on that route?” I asked, absolutely bewildered.

“This is where the GPS took me!” was Judy’s reply, and she was obviously aware of the fact, at this point, that she had been taken far out of the way. Instead of guiding her down the most direct route, the GPS had been taking her out of the way, on the major routes and highways, resulting in an additional hour on the road.

I told my friend to call me as soon as she reached a certain location. From there I guided her, exit by exit and street by street, to my house. For almost 2 hours, I became her GPS by phone! What an adventure!

Now, knowing Judy’s “directional disability,” and the location of her seminar, I had already planned to drive her to the seminar and then to pick her up later that day. Also, when all was over, and she left to go home, I was careful in writing directions to Route A which would take her to familiar territory, then asked her to call me when she reached specific points. I wanted to make sure she arrived home safely.

Before my friend had left and as we talked at a restaurant that Saturday evening, she commented that while she was ready to throw her family’s Global Positioning System unit “out the window,” the perfect GPS already existed--“God Piloting His Servants”. I thought about that. It was a phrase to remember. There are certainly many examples in Scripture of God’s guidance in the lives of His children. The opening Scripture that I chose for this month, for instance, is just one of those many examples. The Lord uses different means to guide His people, yet He guides without fail. As we seek the Lord in decisions for our lives, He faithfully leads us in the right direction.

I am so thankful for how the Lord has guided the Teachers Saving Children^® Board of Trustees in the many decisions they have made over the past 17 years. There have been many times those decisions have not been easy, but yet these Board members have sought God’s guidance in overcoming obstacles and reaching resolution. These individuals are committed to the cause of Life and will continue to use the GPS--“God Piloting His Servants”--system for direction. In so doing, they will remain a voice desperately needed in our nation, and among our fellow colleagues, today.