Today, I got up about 7 am to go get season tickets for Ole Miss football. My friend Micah picked me up about 8:30 am and we rolled out. When we arrived at the coliseum, we discovered a line wrapped halfway around the building. We jumped in line and prepared for the long wait.
About an hour and a half of waiting (a little past halfway there) there became rumors of a second line that was for people with cash or check. Amazed at this discovery (I had cash and Micah had his checkbook), Micah went to check it out. Sure enough there was a short line of about 15 people. Quickly, I jumped at the opportunity and walked up to the short line. About 5 people before we got inside the door, some lady comes up and says we can't use this line anymore. Infuriated because we had given up our spot in the long line, we walked back to the end of the original line. We had to wait another 2 hours before we finally got our tickets.
Later, I realized this is a lot like life. People are always eager to lunge at the easy way out when instead they should do things the right way in the first place. We wasted at least an hour of our time because we wanted the easy way out.
I suppose the lines are like the Christian walk. The short line could represent straying away from the path that God has chosen for us. Then, when God yanks us back, we have to start all over because we destroyed the progress we've made. The long line shows that sometimes things aren't easy or we have to be patient for things to happen. But in the end, the reward is sweet.
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