Which Road Are You Traveling? - Spiritual Nugget 96

If you have been a driver for several years, no doubt, you have experienced a road detour caused by a freeway or thruway ramp closure, pavement work, or even an accident. Often, this may force you to find an alternate route that sends you a few miles out of the way of your intended destination.
 
Being unfamiliar with your alternate route could cause discombobulation or agitation, especially if it adds even more miles to your trip. You might even end up lost in an unfamiliar area that you read about but did not believe existed until now.
 
Make no mistake, throughout your life journey you will have the option to travel many different roads. Some will seem to be smooth sailing, and others will be full of ruts and potholes. You may start on a promising road, convinced that it leads to just what you thought you needed but end up with insincere friends, devastating disappointment, or useless, burdensome items. This road causes confusion and leads to a feeling of emptiness, emotional pain, and bewilderment. 
 
The road that seems to offer opportunities and is advertised as “too good to pass up” could be full of unexpected detours. In the unwise pursuit of financial success, you might find yourself in a deepening hole of debt, a victim of scams, or even bankruptcy. With your investment gone and your savings and checking account empty, this road filled with deception and misunderstanding, will lead to bitterness, distrust, and faithlessness. 
 
Then there is the road that contains temptations that lure you into compromising situations with supposedly “free” offers, great deals, and slick sales techniques that promise you the perfect and healthy body, elimination of wrinkles, removal of whatever ails you, and questionable dating games that promise the perfect soulmate. This road is a magnet for the shallowness of secularism, including beauty and riches. It will eventually lead to disappointment and unfulfillment. 
 
Each of these roads contains a list of endless counterfeits and jagged conclusions that will cause us to digress from our Godly purpose.
 
The road that directs us to real life contains a pasture where the Divine Shepherd welcomes us with His eternal one-of-a-kind love. We are His lump of created clay (humankind) and are so valuable to Him that He sent His only Son to overcome our sin. 
 
Since He designed us, no one knows us as He does. Therefore, we were each given unique gifts and talents that would equip us to reflect a Godly purpose in this three-dimensional world. 
 
Sadly, many of God’s objects of affection have chosen roads that produce few rewards of truth and life. They feed our emotions, alienate us from the light, and make us vulnerable to the darkness of this world. 
 
Let us remember that the “Good Shepherd’s” greatest desire is to establish a relationship with humanity and to bring mankind under His graceful and merciful care. (John 10:11;14) We should strive to walk on the road that leads to God’s Divine purpose and carry the mark of Jesus in whom rests eternal life.
 
God’s glorious road is filled with adventure! It includes grace, mercy, eternal love, forgiveness, healing, freedom, and the abundant life. 
(John 10:10; Romans 5:17) (Matthew 7:14) Wisdom says choose this road for your life journey!

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