The Road Not to Take

To avoid destruction worthy of the name,

Embrace the narrow path Jesus taught

His followers to take in life.

Why did our Master say this to us?

To take all the joy out of living?

Ridiculous thought.

It was to save us from the sorrow,

The disillusionment and regret,

A lack of all things worth having,

'That inevitably comes from

Taking the world's way.

And the worst thing about

Disregarding Jesus' command?

It leads to a sense of living apart from God,

To absence of the lasting good

Our heavenly Father alone can give.

No matter how far down the broad way

You may have gone -- if even to the end --

You can turn around and adopt

Today the only way to live.


Your loving Father wants you back.