Roads

November 3, 2024
 
Reflections from the Heart of Allan Redenius
In the musical, The Wizard of Oz, the yellow brick road led right to the doorstep of Oz.  As I thought about that, as I travel life’s path, there are many roads.  I wonder where they lead.  For instance, I recently saw a sign for Red Lion Road.  What do you suppose lays at its end?  Certainly not a lion….😊
 
Sometimes, don’t you want to take a road, just to see where it ends up?  Whenever I go on one of those adventures off the beaten path, the road usually turns from blacktop to gravel.  Oh great!  Now I need to listen to Armona tell me, as her Mom, ever so kindly, told her Dad one day when he got lost.  “Well, now you’ve gone another fifty bull-headed miles out of the way.”
 
I like roads with names instead of numbers.  Numbers are so non-descript, so impersonal.  Roads with names are so much more memorable.  Here’s a for instance.  In Ayrshire, Iowa, there was a sign that said, “Highway to Heaven,” certainly, a memorable name.  The problem with that name was the people kept stealing the sign. Isn’t that an oxymoron?  A thief steals a sign that says, “Highway to Heaven.”  Seems to me that his actions just made that sign into false advertising.  His theft isn’t going to lead him to Heaven at all.  In Lake City, Iowa, believe it or not, there is a street sign with this name on it, “Al Redenius Street.”  No, it’s not me for whom the street is named, but I do have a picture of it.
 
There are other road names that cause me to wonder.  Here’s one, Painters Road.  I took a hard look down that road and didn’t see a one.  Here is another, Happy Canyon Road.  At times, I’m a grumpy old man.  Maybe I should take that turn off to Happy Canyon Road.  Maybe it will improve my disposition!
 
But of all the roads, this is the one that is most important.  The narrow path that leads to Jesus.  If you’re not on it, don’t miss the turn.  All other roads lead to nowhere….
 
Which road are you on?
 
Love in Christ,
Pastor Allan
 
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