THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED

I absolutely love to travel.  I love to get in the car and just drive.  I grew up going on vacations and driving for days.  My dad drove us out to California twice.  I've driven down to Florida quite a few times.  Jerry and I have driven out to Arizona to see my mom numerous times.  Some people wonder why I'd drive 4 days instead of flying in 4 hours.  Well I've seen a lot of the beautiful country by car that I would have never seen from an airplane.  Oh I like to fly also, but there is something about driving that just touches my heart.  For me driving is an adventure.  I never know what I'll see or who I will come across in my journey.  The journey, the adventure, the excitement for me comes when I take the road less traveled.

Oh sure the highways are amazing to drive on but the real adventure begins when we get off the highway and journey onto a country road.  All around this country there are roads that lead to stunning beauty.  Cliffs, mountains, water falls, rivers and streams, desert vistas and lakes and oceans, most of these beautiful scenery cannot be seen on the main highway, you have to get off the main drag and venture onto the road less traveled.

The path we take to our final destination will determine our experience.  It will determine our future and whether it will be a stunningly beautiful adventure or a normal, everyday experience.  Oh don't get me wrong sometimes the highway is the easiest and fastest route to take, and it may be the wisest in many peoples eyes, but is it the best for you?  The easiest and fastest path is not always the best,  It can be filled with chaos, road rage, traffic tie ups and road construction.  Oh that path may be more efficient and it usually is a very straight path with very few twists and turns, but is it the best?   Really?   

For me I'd rather choose the narrow road, the road less traveled because it leads to an adventure that is stunningly beautiful.  While it may be filled with potholes, twists and turns, it may have hills and valleys to go through but oh it is so much more fun.  While traveling on this narrow path I have a guide that leads me into some wild areas that reveal and amazing adventure I would have missed if I had taken the wide highway.  But I will warn you, the path I am on is not always easy.  It has it's challenges.  People don't always understand why I decided this path.  People may avoid me because I have chosen the narrow path.  People may criticize me for taking this path, but this path has given me so many rewards.  

While I may have lost friends, I have never lost my God.  While I may have family members who think I'm weird (I am and that's okay), I have my Jesus who has accepted me into His family.  While I post things on social media that no ones really cares to read, I have the Holy Spirit that continues to guide me in ways I never dreamed possible.  Because of this path I am on, I have a peace that surpasses all human understanding even in the midst of chaos.  By accepting Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, by taking the road less traveled, I know my final destination is secure...eternity in heaven.  Can you say the same thing?  Are you sure?  If not please feel free to contact me privately.  Please consider taking a turn down the road less traveled, the rewards far out weigh anything you've ever experienced.