The Road Less Traveled

The poet Robert Frost had a poem called "The Road Not Taken”. In this poem, narrator comes to a crossroad and has to make a decision about which road to travel. He chooses the road least traveled. The other day I was scrolling down my Facebook page and I noticed something. The posts that received the most "likes" were usually the ones that were very provocative, contained profanity, or were posted by people who were still strongly tied to the secular world. Posts about God, Jesus, child discipline, or righteousness didn’t receive a lot of “likes”. I also noticed that most women did not like posts by other women. This was especially true of women that they felt “thought too much of themselves” or who were “goodie two shoes”. Amazing but predictable behavior. The world lives by a different standard than the children of the king. As Christians, we are not to worry about what the world thinks of us or if we receive a lot of “likes” on Facebook. We are called to be different. We are not called to “Twerk” or wear too tight or too short clothes. We are not to post pornographic videos. Remember, we were called to a different standard. We are to present our bodies as a living sacrifice. Don’t get me wrong. I am not without my own faults, but as I grow in Christ, I learn better and I do better. God told us to come from among them and be separated. The blessing is attached to our uniqueness, to our obedience, and our love of God. So, don’t despair if people think you are weird or strange. This simply means that you are doing something right.

 

Genesis 12: 1-4

2 Corinthians 6: 17

Psalms 1: 1-3

Romans 12: 1