April 15, 2026 “I have questions.” I sent that text along with a photo to my twin sister last week. The photo, taken at a fairly major intersection in one of the villages I drive through regularly, was of a sign – a sign I had never seen in that location before. It was a large, wooden A-frame sign. It was painted white, and it had a small green symbol I didn’t recognize at the top. Below the symbol, the word “TREES” was spelled out in large, green block letters, and there was an arrow – also green – pointing to the right. I assume the sign was for some sort of tree sale or something similar, but I found it rather comical that the sign was also sitting directly in front of a woodlot – lots of trees – and the arrow was pointing down a road lined with – you guessed it – trees. After my sister made a couple jokes about the sign, I was thinking about the fact that the sign was sort of clear, but it was also not at all clear. Understanding that sign is an awful lot like my experience of trying to follow God’s urgings and callings in my life – sort of clear but also not at all clear. My conversations with others make me think I’m not the only one who has had the experience of feeling strongly that God is calling me to a particular action having no idea how I’m supposed to accomplish that action or when I’m supposed to accomplish that action or what that action is supposed to look like. Or maybe I don’t even know for sure that it is God’s calling me to that action and not me inflating my own desires and assigning them to God. It’s sort of clear, but it’s also not at all clear. I’ll be honest: that lack of clarity is often frustrating to me. I don’t like uncertainty. But when I’m wrapped up in the frustration of not knowing the right path, it’s good for me to remember that following God isn’t like following an unclear sign. While an unclear sign may lead us down an incorrect path, God will always bring us to where we need to be. There’s no question about that. |
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