Life Can Feel Chaotic, But That Doesn't Mean It Is

​Recently, upon exiting the Pantherian roller coaster at Kings Dominion, out of breath and feeling like I'd just emerged from a blender, I took a long look at that coaster, and then at my kid, and I said to him, "someone designed that thing to inflict upon us exactly what it just inflicted upon us."

He looked at the coaster, stared, and said, "yep."

I did a little research. It actually takes 8,000 to 10,000 hours to DESIGN and PLAN to build a roller coaster like the Pantherian before building it ever begins.

In other words, it takes a lot of thought and intention on one end to produce what ultimately feels like total chaos on the other end.

It's interesting. I asked a friend lady how she's been doing. She said, "it's been a roller coaster ride." In continuing our conversation, it became clear to me that 'roller coaster ride' was analogous for chaotic.

I'm not a big believer that God designs our chaos. But, I am a HUGE believer that what feels like chaos to us feels much more like order to God. I am a HUGE believer that what feels like wild and twisted randomness to us, looks and feels much more like a straight and tranquil path home to God.

Roller coaster chaos can often feel like a bunch of engineers got together and threw a bunch of steel together over drinks. Maybe lots of them.

But nothing could be more opposite of the truth.

Life can feel chaotic. Sometimes very chaotic.

But that doesn't mean it is.