You have probably heard Robert Frost’s opening lines to his poem The Road Not Taken:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

As I was studying for Sunday’s sermon I came across this three-line ditty by Dante in his Divine Comedy work:

Midway this way of life we’re bound upon, I woke to find myself in a dark wood, Where the right road was wholly lost and gone.

Both poems say virtually the same thing only from a different perspective.  Life is filled with choices. We choose whether to get up in the morning or not. We choose whether to eat right or not. We make both big and small choices every day. We must also choose the path we will choose to walk-the path of the godly person or the path of the ungodly. The distinction is sharp.

I’m reminded of what Jesus once said: “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”  Matthew 7:13-14

My sermon this Sunday is from Psalm 1. I’ve entitled it Choose Your Path. The line of demarcation in the psalm is clear. I will not veer from it. It will either be Life on the Right Path or Life in Fast Lane. Your prayers would be much appreciated.