The Road Not Taken
† The LORD Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. †~ Deuteronomy 31:8
Dear Friend,
I awoke today after a rather restless night I think, as we all periodically have one, pondering as I so often do the reason why. I can only surmise it was because I was given another message to share so soon upon having just written one. As you can see between May and September I didn’t have anything at all to say. Well maybe that was not really the case as it becomes more clearly evident that when we get too busy in ourselves and all wrapped up in worldly things we miss out on much of what Jesus wants to share with us and teach us.
So maybe it was me all along who didn’t pay attention to a still small voice of a friend who always awaits patiently for my attention.
Where is He and who do you speak of you may ask. I smile now when I understand even more today that much of what I feel I do and can bring it all on myself. I’ve allowed myself to become upset in many of my own self- created circumstances and even scared to a point of thinking what is this all for and why? Where am I heading and which way do I go next?
But you say again ~ but where is { Jesus } really these days? Where is ‘ He ‘ when I need someone to ease all my pain and all the hurts that invade and tear at my tender heart so that it aches for something more, something more than just the ‘ usual ’ day in and out stuff and all the expected disappointments that others have inflicted upon me.
I have to answer this way ~
I’ve known hurt and pain my friend, we can relate to each other many similar experiences because we are human beings with very real God given human emotions and feelings. We also can make bad choices that create bad circumstances that can only lead to bad results. I can tell you this much I know for sure ~ our Father in Heaven, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is with us every step of the way. He knows and understands just what you are going through and He wants to help you through all of your circumstances, no matter what. If we could do it all on our own, if we could make peace with God the Creator of all things we would not need a Savior. Living a Christian life and following Jesus is never going to be always easy. It can more often be a very hard and difficult road, sometimes filled with many pitfalls, ruts, and potholes. (( another story for another day ))
This morning Jesus spoke to my heart very clearly, I kid you not! “ Calm down Hiker Dan ” the still small voice in my heart said ~ “ I am here and I’ve always been here. You need not be afraid of anything or anyone and you need not worry. Come and you will find rest and peace in Me and My Way for you. "
That my friend is how it works for me when I stray from the road Jesus leads me on. It may or may not work the same for you but that is how I honest and truly know that Jesus is very real and that is how I know Jesus is always with me. And, anytime I become lost in myself I need only to reach out and take His hand and He will lead me back to the green pastures and the still waters of the "Peaceful Place” where He lives inside of me.
Reflective of that "Peaceful Place" I speak of , I share with you today a poem. "The Road Not Taken" is a poem by Robert Frost, published in 1915 in the collection Mountain Interval. The title is often mistakenly given as "The Road Less Traveled", from the penultimate line: "I took the one less traveled by".
The Road Not Taken ~ by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
And that has made all the difference!
I hope and pray that you my reader were blessed in some small way today and I pray that you too will seek Jesus with an open heart, He waits for you too ~ on a road less traveled.
Blessings in all things Jesus,
your brother and friend,
Hiker Dan
I awoke today after a rather restless night I think, as we all periodically have one, pondering as I so often do the reason why. I can only surmise it was because I was given another message to share so soon upon having just written one. As you can see between May and September I didn’t have anything at all to say. Well maybe that was not really the case as it becomes more clearly evident that when we get too busy in ourselves and all wrapped up in worldly things we miss out on much of what Jesus wants to share with us and teach us.
So maybe it was me all along who didn’t pay attention to a still small voice of a friend who always awaits patiently for my attention.
Where is He and who do you speak of you may ask. I smile now when I understand even more today that much of what I feel I do and can bring it all on myself. I’ve allowed myself to become upset in many of my own self- created circumstances and even scared to a point of thinking what is this all for and why? Where am I heading and which way do I go next?
But you say again ~ but where is { Jesus } really these days? Where is ‘ He ‘ when I need someone to ease all my pain and all the hurts that invade and tear at my tender heart so that it aches for something more, something more than just the ‘ usual ’ day in and out stuff and all the expected disappointments that others have inflicted upon me.
I have to answer this way ~
I’ve known hurt and pain my friend, we can relate to each other many similar experiences because we are human beings with very real God given human emotions and feelings. We also can make bad choices that create bad circumstances that can only lead to bad results. I can tell you this much I know for sure ~ our Father in Heaven, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is with us every step of the way. He knows and understands just what you are going through and He wants to help you through all of your circumstances, no matter what. If we could do it all on our own, if we could make peace with God the Creator of all things we would not need a Savior. Living a Christian life and following Jesus is never going to be always easy. It can more often be a very hard and difficult road, sometimes filled with many pitfalls, ruts, and potholes. (( another story for another day ))
This morning Jesus spoke to my heart very clearly, I kid you not! “ Calm down Hiker Dan ” the still small voice in my heart said ~ “ I am here and I’ve always been here. You need not be afraid of anything or anyone and you need not worry. Come and you will find rest and peace in Me and My Way for you. "
That my friend is how it works for me when I stray from the road Jesus leads me on. It may or may not work the same for you but that is how I honest and truly know that Jesus is very real and that is how I know Jesus is always with me. And, anytime I become lost in myself I need only to reach out and take His hand and He will lead me back to the green pastures and the still waters of the "Peaceful Place” where He lives inside of me.
Reflective of that "Peaceful Place" I speak of , I share with you today a poem. "The Road Not Taken" is a poem by Robert Frost, published in 1915 in the collection Mountain Interval. The title is often mistakenly given as "The Road Less Traveled", from the penultimate line: "I took the one less traveled by".
The Road Not Taken ~ by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
And that has made all the difference!
I hope and pray that you my reader were blessed in some small way today and I pray that you too will seek Jesus with an open heart, He waits for you too ~ on a road less traveled.
Blessings in all things Jesus,
your brother and friend,
Hiker Dan
