Roscoe

Roscoe is my robot vacuum, so named because it does my heart good to see a man vacuum. ;-) Anyway, most of the time, Roscoe moves right along, vacuuming happily until he runs out of juice. Then he returns to his base, recharges himself, and when he's done, he begins his chores again, picking up right where he left off. But sometimes Roscoe gets confused.

For example, today, he vacuumed the perimeter of my office where he begins and returned to his base. Three times. Each time I went and restarted him. I finally shook him and now he's happily cleaning like he should. Sometimes, a stray sock or a cat toy or some other debris will get in his path and he stops and signals for me to come help him out of his jamb.

I am just like Roscoe. I do my work, recharge, pick up where I left off. But sometimes, I get stuck, something unexpected gets in my path. You know what I mean. "Why???" That's a big stick for most of us. Something happens, we get stuck in the why of the situation and can't move on. Or "But I want...". That's a big sticking spot too. We run into something we really want, but cannot have, and can't move on. Sometimes we get stuck in "I don't want to...", or "It's not fair!", or...whatever. Sometimes we even get stuck in fun spots and fail to complete our task because we like where we are, it's comfy and familiar. We all have our sticking places.

I am so glad that I have a base to which I can return for charging, a Master who, when I just can't seem to get unstuck or simply don't want to move forward, shakes me up a little, just enough, and restarts me where I left off. His "eye" is never blocked, His path is sure.

"Lead me in the right path, O Lord, or my enemies will conquer me. Tell me clearly what to do and show me which way to turn." Psalm 5:8 NLT