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“Crossroads”

Written by FAVORED1 on August 28, 2009 – 11:02 am -

Friday, August 28, 2009

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
[Joshua 24:15]

“Crossroads”

Good Morning Beloved,

Sometimes life can appear to be as confusing as the “One Way” sign above pointing in both directions. We’re going along and then, BAM!… something comes out of nowhere that we never anticipated. We have to make a decision and the answer is not always clear cut. Other times, the answer is as plain as day, but we don’t like it and try to find ways around it…. OK, maybe not you but I know I have . Crossroads… we all have them… we make decisions every minute of every day.. life altering decisions. This morning, I was reminiscing on when I left the country to move in with my mom in the ‘big city’. I was so ready to go, until it was time to pack and go. See, I knew Calvert County living… DC was a whole other thing. It also dawned on me that my Grandmother would be all alone. I contemplated telling my mother that I wanted to finish high school down there. Crossroads. I often think about how different my life would have been if I had made that decision. I developed creativity in my Grandmothers house, but I gained independence in my mother’s house. I had to learn my way around confusing city streets (no more big yellow cheese bus), as well as confusing city folks . Everything was different, new and exciting. I could have fallen into some really deep traps, but I believe God Himself blocked some things. He sent me a friend who had both common sense, and way more discernment than I had. She kept me out of a lot of trouble, and some of the trouble I experienced, I could have avoided if I had listened to her. Crossroads…. all throughout scripture we see the choices people had to make at their crossroad. Abraham… instructed by God to leave everything and everyone he knew and just start walking. God told him He would let him know when he arrived…. huh?! Young Mary, told by an angel that she would bear the Messiah… hello?! They stoned women for that! Joseph’s name and reputation would also be sullied… and he didn’t even do anything!… Her parents would be ostracized and talked about for raising a ‘loose’ woman. Everybody in this story was at a crossroad. Joseph son of Jacob (Israel)..his whole life was one serious crossroad after another —as was his father’s. So we’re in good company, but you know what is nice? ~

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.

[1 Corinthians 10:13]