Tuesday; August 22
In 1916 Robert Frost penned a poem for the ages. In an effort to compel people to rethink the implications of the decisions they make Frost wrote, “The Road Not Taken”. I don’t know how many of us could recite the poem, but many of us can identify parts of the work. As a man comes to a fork in the road he is compelled to make a choice. After a bit of contemplation the narrator makes the statement, “I shall be telling this with a sigh … Somewhere ages and ages hence: … Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, … And that has made all the difference.” As with most historic literature I am sure that we have a tendency to overthink message, but as I reflected this poem I recalled another bit of classic literature. In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus observed, “ Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and th...