Thanks for you post Alex. Always have been a mind stimulant. I was thinking of Jesus’ path. His travelling. And his fork in the road. Jesus opted for obedience. Obedience to his Father, God. Would you say ‘free will’ is a form of obedience! In the garden, praying, Christ did plead with his father to ‘pass the cup’. He fought ‘free will’ and obedience intensely with both blood and sweat.

I guess I’m wondering does it really matter what road or path we take as long as we know that God is with us..even if we fall or seemingly get lost along our way..God will always be there however quiet things may be.

Just wondering re choice and obedience.
Cheers Alex

--Previous Message--
: Isaiah 55:11 ESV
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: So shall my word be that goes out from my
: mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but
: it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
: and shall succeed in the thing for which I
: sent it.
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: Robert Frost's popular poem... The Road
: Not Taken. .. is often represented as a
: choice between one path, or
: another...whereas it has also been argued
: that the poem speaks to the birth right of
: every human person to make our own journey
: through life, without having to follow the
: path already trodden by others.
:
: Our choices are at the heart of Frost's
: words when deciding to follow the path
: already established by mainstream travellers
: seeking a safe passage, or to " put out
: into the deep " by following our
: instinct, that inner inspiration asking us
: to trust its invitation...to follow me.
:
: When we arrive at that fork that lies just
: down the road most of us choose the
: perceived safety of the road most travelled,
: there being an awareness that selecting a
: route that is off the beaten track might
: well pose risks that are best avoided, if
: only to reduce our sense of anxiety that we
: could not cope, and overcome our fear of the
: unknown.
:
: An ambiguity springs to mind when the
: question of free will, versus determinism
: invites the traveller to consider a choice
: that will reveal more who of who we are as
: an explorer of life's invitation to better
: "know thyself," thereby revealing
: the person we are born to become.
:
: The Road Not Taken is also about what did
: not happen - for the explorer, faced with a
: life affirming decision, chose not to follow
: a well known path confident that they would
: be able to overcome their fears, their
: instinctive response to the challenges that
: waits for all who accept the call of The
: Saviour, to let Him shepherd us through
: life.
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: end
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