There is a poem by Robert Frost entitled “The road not Taken.” The poem talks about the choice a man must make on which road to take. The poem starts with this man walking through the woods in the season of autumn. He comes to a fork in the road, one path is overgrown with brush and has many hills, and the man can tell that not many walk this road. The the other is grassy and pleasant, it is an easy path to follow and many travel by it. He has to choose which path he will walk down, the seemingly easy path or the difficult path. The end of the poem states, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” To me this poem can be applied to the Christian walk.
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life and only a few find it. Matthew 7:13-14.
The two roads mentioned in the poem can be the narrow gate and the wide gate. The wide gate is a pleasant and easy place that many travel by. And the narrow gate is the rough and overgrown path that not many travel by. The Christian walk is a hard walk. Like it said in Matthew, we need to choose the narrow gate that not many travel by because it leads to life. It is the path of righteousness. The wide gate is the path of sin and many can fall into sin. It is an easy path to follow, but many people do not realize where it leads.
It took longer than most for me to choose a path. I was headed down the "easy" path, the path that many took. I struggled growing up with thinking I was in Christ one day and the next not being sure of anything. I grew up in the Church in a Christian home, I had it too easy. I said a prayer, got baptized went to Church, but my foundation was made of sand. One bump in the road and I would fall. I would try to use my own strength to get up again. I was living in a mentality of “I can fix myself.” Fourteen years of my life were spent on falling time and time again. Depression was my crutch, I was content on being miserable. I was dangerous to myself, spiritually and physically. I had never tasted true contentment. I knew something was missing in my life, but the devil had his hold on me telling me over and over that this is all there is. I would go to Church, but it might as well have been an empty seat. I did not want to hear what anyone had to say. I was tired of fighting to stay alive, so I gave in to the devils plan for my life. I was tired of living on the fence, so I chose a side. Then there came a point where I was sick of living a life that was destructive not only to my physical body but also to my spiritual body. I had come to a point in my life where I could not go any further covering up the mess I was in. By Gods grace He got a hold of my heart. I realized that the price was high, but I knew God would carry me through. I didn't have to "pick myself back up." I came to Jesus, with all my sin and shame and He took me as I was and changed my life forever. The ultimate price that Jesus paid for me covered all my past and gave me a new life. I dedicated my whole life to God my savior on June 12th 2010.
I chose the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference<3
