Potholes of Life

Does God intentionally place potholes in our life to wake us up? I've been moving along into a burned out, unmotivated and unable to focus state lately that with the help of my boys has ruined my sleep. But at work I was given a pothole in the path of a project with a change I couldn't have predicted. This made me mad because of the unexpected change, but it also gave me a chance to take a breath, step back and evaluate where I was, and realize that I've been to focused. I had been headed down this road of burn-out blindly. I thank God for those potholes. As I was talking with Jack last night and trying to motivate him to be strong and brave to stay in his bed and not cry out for us my mind went to Joseph. Poor Joseph was treated terribly by his jealous brothers (Gen 37), by Potipher because of his lustful wife (Gen 39), and then forgotten in a prison by men God allowed him to help (Gen 40). BUT, as we see through the end of Joshua's story, these potholes along the way were God's way of getting him to the right place at the right time (Gen 45). I thank God He keeps me on my toes and shakes be every once in a while. I also pray thanks for my path being less challenging than Joseph's, so far.