Allow Space To Pull Over
What happens when I let curiosity interrupt my plans
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the power of questions. Not just asking them, but the way they _search us_—how they open space in our minds and hearts for something deeper to take root.
So naturally I was intrigued when I came across an article about the power of questions. One line stood out: it referenced that moment in Genesis when God asks Adam, “Where are you?”
I decided to dig in a little more during my walk that same morning. I opened my Bible app and turned to Genesis. I couldn’t remember exactly where the question was, but I knew it was close to the beginning.
So I started reading.
But as my eyes moved across the page, I got stuck—not on the question, but on a stretch of verses I never would’ve expected to stop me.
It was just talking about rivers.
“A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters…” – Genesis 2:10–14
I almost skimmed past it, but something about it made me pause.
Those rivers—Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, Euphrates—weren’t metaphors. They were landmarks. _They still exist even if dried up or named differently today._ I could book a flight and be in the region where these rivers flow.
And in that moment, Eden became more real to me. Tangible. A place that once pulsed with life and beauty and the presence of God.
And then it hit me:
If Eden was real, how much more real is the God who made it?
I wasn’t planning to stop at Genesis 2:10-14. I was headed somewhere else—searching for a question I thought would unlock something.
But on the highway of words, I saw a sign I hadn’t expected. I had to pull over. And what I found there?
It might’ve been the very thing I needed most.
So here’s what I want to say to you, fellow deep thinker: Allow space to pull over.
Not every insight comes from the place you intended to go. Sometimes the most meaningful discoveries happen when you're willing to pause in the unexpected.
Let your questions lead you—but stay open to the detours. There may be treasure waiting in the verses you didn’t plan to stop at.
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