And in that moment I didn’t know why I was smiling, why I was so calm, why everything around me felt peaceful, and why I was thanking God, in a moment of chaos.
Well, I didn’t know why at the time, but I do now.
Let me take you back a few hours, friends.
Has your cell phone battery ever died on you, and it was of course, at THE most inconvenient time and place, with zero chargers around, no service, and yourself in an unfamiliar environment, with no solution to the problem?!
Yeah, I’ve been there.
It was two weeks ago on a Saturday, and I was in Colorado.
The evening before, I had fallen asleep from being so exhausted after a day of traveling. I fell asleep before I could plug my phone in for a charge, and awoke the following morning with only a 23% charge left to my iPhone.
I charged my phone as I got ready to go to my first photo shoot for the day in Colorado, and got it up to 47%.
In my head I was thinking I would be able to charge my phone in the car I was borrowing from my family member, however once I was on my drive over to the mountains, I remembered one thing: my family member doesn’t use an iPhone.
“Oh my gosh.”
That’s all I could think as I watched the charge slowly decrease from my phone, since I needed to use a GPS on my phone to get to the location, and I realized I didn’t have a solution to this problem, if my phone died.
I went to the most perfect photo shoot with the sweetest, most genuine couple, and we had the adventure of our lives!!
I got in my car after having my phone in Airplane Mode during our photo shoot, and I was down to 4%.
4% battery life left on what I was using for navigation to get back to where I was staying. 4% to last me an entire 45 minute drive.
There was no way, I thought.
I put my location in my phone and began heading that way. I then stopped at a small shop and bought an off-brand iPhone car charger, and as I got in the car I thought to myself “thank God!!!”
So I turned on the car, plugged my phone in, and sat. I waited and waited and waited, and realized, my phone wasn’t being charged.
For some reason (and of course, just my luck) this new charger I had just purchased wasn’t working. Or the car wasn’t charging. I didn’t know, all I knew was that NOTHING WAS WORKING.
So then I began thinking, and there was only one other solution.
My phone at this point was at 1%.
So I took my camera out, and took pictures of the directions to get back to the location I was staying at.
The very instant I was done taking pictures, my phone died.
But you guys, I didn’t!
I began driving back, and although this way of navigating was foreign to me since I’ve used my phone as a way of navigation for YEARS, and although I didn’t know what I would do if I missed a turn, I felt so much peace.
I felt peace. I felt no pressure. And I felt joy, as the radio music in that car slowly played at a distance.
I realized that was the first moment since I don’t remember when, where I had absolutely zero access to my phone, or notifications, or anything constantly distracting me and taking away from the peace in this beautiful world.
And I suddenly felt thankful, so thankful to God for allowing this to happen.
There I was driving on an unknown road, but I knew I had God there right by my side, navigating my every turn.
In that moment, I knew that the peace I felt, was straight from Him. He placed that in my heart and sent comfort to me, in a time of the unknown.
And I wondered how many times in my day to day life, He sends me signals of comfort and love, and I just don’t see it, because of the everyday distractions, such as phones.
God is constantly fueling us. He is what keeps us going. He is who keeps us recharged and living and doing this thing called Life.
And we don’t need a battery to speak to Him. He lives on in our hearts every single day.
So here’s to listening to Him. Here’s to placing our trust in Him. Here’s to the uncertain times, and knowing that through chaos, He will always bring peace, love, and joy.
We just have to turn on our hearts to hear Him.
xoxo
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