The Road You Choose

We are made to be together.  We are made for relating.  Which makes it oh so challenging to not join the crowds that stream to popular trends.  It starts getting lonely to live in a place that begins to be more isolated.  It is not pleasant to see the backs of people you care about walk away.  Yet, sometimes in doing so, you get the company of One, which, my friend, will feel more like home than you’ve ever experienced.

There will never be a lot of companions on the most difficult roads.  It is narrow, not because it is restrictive, but because crowds will not go that way so the path has never gotten wide.  It is bumpy, not because He makes it so, but because not many have walked there to pack down the ground, let alone pave it to make travel that way more swift.  It is steep, not because He designed it to be difficult, but because it has never had enough traffic that someone decided to drill through the mountain to get everyone more easily to the other side.  Don’t expect it to be smooth.  But never believe that you are alone.

We hopefully don’t choose the less-traveled way just to be unique or heroic.  What we give ourselves to should be considered with care.  It doesn’t get us anywhere good to fight the mainstream just to stand out.  But when our heart, mind, and spirit all have weighed in to call us forward, we shouldn’t be surprised if there is some space around us.  You may think it is because few have walked this way and that is partially true.  But it is also because God is vast and He is present.