Can be found on merriam-webster.com as:
"a path, progression, or line of development
resembling a physical trajectory trajectory>
Trajectory...say that five times fast. Yeah, don't hurt yourself. It's difficult for me to say correctly just once! Anyway, why such a word for today, or this week, right?
Well, here is an analogy for you:
How is a train's trajectory changed? Lets say there are two trains heading out of a train station in Concord, NC. One is Kentucky bound; the other Southern Alabama bound. Now, if you are a thinker you may be asking yourself, how can this be so? Especially when they started out on the same track. Answer: a railroad switch (fancy enough I guess). At a certain point on the track, the railroad junction, the small, seemingly insignificant shift of this piece of metal changes the entire end destination of the entire train. Depending on the switch, whether it's open or closed, the train will end up in Alabama or Kentucky; or Maine if there are several more switches. This blows my mind - the way that such a small shift can have such a HUGE effect. I just think of smaller things a bit differently now.
First of all I have to confess that I've always been fascinated by trains, especially pictures of them. Second of all, don't you see the analogy?
My decisions are like switches.
Proverbs says: "Many are the plans of a man's heart, but it is the Lord who determines his steps". At some places it says, "establishes" his steps.
So, yes, my decisions are switches but it is God controlling the operation of the switches.
All this to say: what is my trajectory? Where will I be in 5 years or 10 years making the decisions I am making now? What about the people I care for, where will they be in 5 or 10 years making the decisions they are making?
Do I like where I am going? Do I trust the switch operator?
~ p.carrick ~
girl i love your analogies! i ran into debbie this week and we were talking about what a gift you have with that! that means you should prob write a book! haha
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