January 10

Matthew 7:14 “Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”

     When I lived in Kansas City, there was an area that I dreaded to drive, especially at rush hour. The place was called the Grandview Triangle. It was a mess of roads that converge at the same place, and traffic was often unbearable. The triangle had three major freeways, and a major highway all connecting in this area. What a place.

     I have found a lot of people that have been stuck in the Grandview Triangles of life. They have converged on a certain point, and they are now stuck in the traffic jams of life. From getting their children to school on time, to picking up Tommy from school and getting him to soccer practice, and at the same time getting Sally to Girl Scouts is physically draining. Add to that traffic, a superior at work riding your back about something seemingly irrelevant, an argument with your spouse before work, and oh, yeah, choir practice is at seven. The only time you have had all day to rest was the five minutes that you spent on the side of the road waiting for that policeman to write your ticket because you were speeding to get everything accomplished on the highway of life.

     We have all been there, done that, and made the t-shirt. Life gets so hectic that we often fail to see beyond this life into the life that has been promised to us, if we are born again. 

     There is some good news. In the midst of all that, there is this one thing: there is no traffic jam on the straight and narrow road. You know, that road that leads to heaven. Just think, shortly, all traffic in life will cease for the glory of your final destination.

We've traveled too far, and our momentum has taken over; we move idly towards eternity, without possibility of reprieve or hope of explanation.
Tom Stoppard