The Road Less Travelled

As we are growing up, the world has a strong pull and influence on our life — both from within and without.  

As children, our innocence keeps us from seeing the danger and resulting harm. We are innocent so we think the activities are harmless. We think our parents are mean and cruel when they keep us from joining in on the fun that everyone else is having. 

As we grow into adolescence, the sway of the world is ever more attractive, enticing us to taste some of the 'forbidden fruit'. That is when we become like Adam and Eve were in the garden of Eden. We see the bait, but we are blind to the hook!  

By the time we become young adults, we have pretty much chosen the direction our life is going to take — unaware or uncaring as to the dark and destructive end it will eventually lead us to.  

Praise God that before we do reach our final destination, he gives us an opportunity to turn around and get back on the path that leads away from the darkness and into "the light of life." 

It is incumbent upon us who have been saved from eternal destruction, to encourage others to get off the beaten path, and choose the way less traveled. Whether they heed our warning or not, we have at least reached out to them with the same imperative to turn back that God gave us — instead of simply standing on the side of the road watching the parade of people marching toward the bitter end.