The road less taken is chosen by its risky traveller not simply because of what he expects to get at the end of it; he doesn\u2019t self-righteously assume that he\u2019s headed to a better place than those who took the more popular road. He chose the less traveled road for its own hidden gems.<\/p>\n
Whatever he hopes to reach at the end would be lost if he put too much hope in that goal, because too much hope eventually turns into expectation and expectation is very different from hope. Whatever \u201creward\u201d sits at the end of his road can only be received through grace, so he wouldn\u2019t be able to receive it if he expected it as if it were his reward for reaching the end.<\/p>\n
He is \u201csaved in hope\u201d, not in expectation. That subtle difference between hope and expectation is what makes all the difference. And that\u2019s the main difference between the one who takes the road less traveled by and the one who takes the popular road: those who take the popular road take it because of what it promises. But when those promises end up being false promises, they regret their decsisions and only by the grace of God can they find their way back to the narrow way. Lord knows, if it weren\u2019t for that grace I would be on the road of false promises as well.<\/p>\n
You see, it\u2019s not in our nature to seek out the easiest way. It\u2019s in our nature to do what\u2019s right. That\u2019s why when we do what\u2019s right, even though it hurts, even though we wonder why we even bothered to do the right thing\u00a0while everyone else around us seems to be taking the easy way, in our heart of hearts we know that we are acting in accordance with our nature.\u00a0We were made by the ultimate Good One, Perfect Goodness, and he put his image in us so we have the desire to do what\u2019s right. He\u2019s\u00a0not the ultimate easy way. He\u2019s not the easy life. He is Goodness, and goodness is often\u00a0difficult. The hardest way and the right way are\u00a0usually the same.<\/p>\n
Right now I\u2019m stuck in traffic, probably late for work. I\u2019m going through the hardest time of my life probably, the toughest year of my life. But I\u2019ll tell you, I\u2019ve never felt closer to God. I\u2019ve never felt so right even though I\u2019m hurting to my very core, and I hate it because it makes me feel self-righteous! But there\u2019s nothing in me that says I\u2019m going the\u00a0wrong way, that I\u2019m on the wrong road.<\/p>\n
I just keep pushing and pushing. How badly I don\u2019t want to get up and work at a stupid under the table job, or even get up in the morning for that matter and face the reality that is my life. But everything in it is right. I\u2019m not on the wrong path. In fact, I know that I\u2019m on my way, and these are just growing pains.\u00a0These are just the steep inclines that have already been\u00a0mapped out on this path. They said this road would be tough. That\u2019s why most people don\u2019t take it.<\/p>\n
I know I still have my faults and weaknesses, but I\u2019m on my way and growing transformation hurts. If it doesn\u2019t hurt then you\u2019re not getting closer to God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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