Wisdom Road

Coming up there’s a railroad crossing

Or the left lane is closed ahead

No U-turn, Do Not Enter

Don’t turn here the end is dead.

 

Exit 70 will take you to Dallas

The construction means it’s all a mess

Must be careful ’cause the fines are doubled

Better buy a good GPS.

 

But I’m not looking for Madison Avenue

Every town has an MLK

Streets named for coaches and presidents

Even stories ’bout a lost highway.

 

And I’m not searching for ribbons of pavement

Or the widegated thoroughfare

Mass transit makes you lose direction

Where’s the narrow gate that gets you there?

 

What I really want’s a moral compass

I’m tired of kicking at a formless goad

My journey finds its redeeming value

When I’m traveling the Wisdom Road.

Scars are Beautiful

When I observe the scars on my body I tend to remember the injuries or accidents that caused them originally. When I examine my emotional or other scars I tend to want to dwell on the situation that caused the scar. What I must realize is that scars are beautiful.

Scars are signs that a miraculous thing has occurred. The ability that God gave the human body to heal itself is amazing. The injured area is normally stronger and less vulnerable than it was before the injury.

We also become emotionally and spiritually stronger through other types of upheaval, but God miraculously brings us through and makes us stronger because of it. We are definitely changed – our skin looks different and our spirits evolve, but God heals and therefore, Scars are Beautiful.

I Have My Rights!

What does this mean?

Does a person want to use his rights? or does he want to BE right?

Societal, cultural or legal provision of rights does not mean using them or even accepting them is Right.

Right (or Righteousness) impels us to do the Right thing, not the thing that our government or society has given us the authority to do.

Do our elected officials have the legal right to criticize or point out flaws in each other? Yes, but they do it with the inference that you -”the people”- have the right to know. They use “the people” as an excuse or ruse to condemn.

Does everyone have a legal right to the due process of law? Yes, and a person that has committed a felony or misdemeanor makes the claim “I have my rights“- which society has granted to everyone the promise of innocence until proven guilty. Guilt must be proven according to law, and those rights are said to protect the innocent – but who do they really protect?

When is a man guilty? The term “innocent until proven guilty” has moved from the purpose of due process for the innocent to a belief system resulting in total denial of responsibility.

A man is guilty the moment he yields to temptation. No proof of guilt is necessary nor does an innocent verdict remove guilt for the action.

God’s standard is not precluded by societal, legal or cultural statements or opinions. Scripture tells us that “God is Love”, it never refers to tolerance.

God’s standard is changeless and that standard must be met. In this He is glorified. Right is determined by God.

The only Right we truly have is to be obedient to God.

I Have My Rights? – No… I Have My Master!

God is sovereign and Man is responsible.