Highways of Humanity: Seeing Sam’s Club Through Heaven’s Eyes

I went to Sam’s Club today. It was packed...carts jammed, aisles clogged, people with heads down and tunnel vision. I found myself ducking into alt side lanes, leaving my cart on the edge, slipping in to grab what I needed, then retreating back to the margins.

Everywhere I looked was waiting, pausing, letting others go first; and also cutting, frustration, and impatience. Some people were barreling straight down an aisle like it was their God-given right of way. And I thought to myself: We’re just grocery shopping, people. What is this?

But then I realized...it’s a microcosm of something much bigger.

From the Aisle to the Galaxy

From above, the scene looks less like a store and more like an ant farm, people moving in streams, carts weaving like blood cells through veins, highways of humanity pulsing in two directions at once. Step out further, and the pattern doesn’t stop: roads and freeways mirror arteries, while galaxies themselves swirl like microscopic fluids.

The micro reflects the macro. The crowded Sam’s Club is no different from the traffic on I-49, or the flow of blood through a beating heart, or the spiral of stars in a distant arm of the Milky Way.

And yet here we are, bumping carts over frozen pizzas, trying to get out alive.

The Biblical Lens

Scripture often describes life as a path, a narrow way we’re asked to walk with care (Matthew 7:13-14). Proverbs reminds us that “the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He ponders all his paths” (Prov. 5:21). God sees not just the crowded aisle but the entire system: the patterns within patterns.

Crowds reveal something about us. The jostling, the cutting, the pushing forward: all are echoes of the battle for resources, the fight for survival, the tendency of our flesh to grasp rather than trust. James warns: “What causes quarrels and fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?” (James 4:1).

And yet, even in the chaos, we are called to another way. To patience. To yielding. To choosing peace when the herd is pushing forward. To see through God’s lens and remember: the person blocking your aisle is not an obstacle but a fellow traveler.

Choosing to Walk Differently

The question is not how do I survive Sam’s Club? but how do I walk this path of life faithfully, even when it looks like an ant farm?

• Step aside intentionally. Sometimes the Kingdom way looks like moving to the margins, letting others pass, and reclaiming your calm.

• See patterns as purpose. The arteries and highways of humanity are not random. They are designed echoes of God’s creation; a reminder that He orders both galaxies and grocery carts.

• Practice patience as worship. Every time you pause, yield, or breathe instead of pushing forward, you resist the spirit of scarcity and live into the abundance of Christ.

The Cosmic Reminder

From the ground, a crowded store feels suffocating. From above, it looks like order and flow. From heaven’s perspective, every step is seen, every choice matters.

Sam’s Club, of all places, can remind us that the Kingdom isn’t about rushing to get ahead, but about walking differently. About choosing peace over panic, patience over pride, generosity over grasping.

Because one day, the highways and veins and galaxies all point to the same truth: “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen.” (Romans 11:36).