#Discovering

It is so easy to get turned around in Virginia. The streets and roads in the mid-west are, most usually, straight and when you reach a stop, it is a 90 degree angle for you to turn onto the next street. In my area the streets and roads are all curvy and you find yourself going the opposite way in order to get where you are going. My guess is that these winding roads were originally made by horses and later wagons with horses pulling them and the town fathers just paved them and later broadened them to accommodate cars. I am thankful that my rear view mirror has a compass display so I can know which direction I am heading.

The Bible speaks of two different roads or paths, one is wide and one is narrow. The wide one would be easy to locate and therefore heavily traveled. Whereas the narrow one takes some searching for and is not so traveled. The broad road leads to destruction, the narrow one leads to heaven. Many times I have heard people say that God sends people to Hell. Well, I take issue with that statement.

My dear husband used to say that God has put many stumbling blocks on that broad road to prevent people from going to destruction. One of the significant blocks is the creation. It is not easy to try to imagine something coming out of nothing or laws just making themselves up. Another big block is the Bible which has so many prophecies coming to pass exactly as predicted and so many facts about the Savior's life and death and resurrection and so many eye witnesses to these happenings. Then there are churches with steeples pointing to Heaven and preachers proclaiming the way of salvation. You can't ignore the books and tracts and movies and believers sharing the good news day after day.

No, God doesn't send people to Hell, they intentionally go there by their own choice.

"The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance." 2nd Peter 3:9

"In this new life one's nationality or race or education or social position is unimportant; such things mean nothing. Whether a person has Christ is what matters, and He is equally available to all." Colossians 3:11