A parable about the right road and the left road
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- This page is part of an ERW course: Internal Guidance, section Religious life. By John Eagles, August 30, 2009.
A man was walking a long and strenuous road. His destination was heaven and he knew that he had to overcome many difficulties. At a certain point the road split in two. There were many other people who had arrived at the same branching. There were two road signs there. One pointed to the right and it said 'Heaven.' The other sign pointed to the left and it said 'Hell.'
Most people followed their logic and because they wanted to find heaven, they entered the road to the right. But the man was used to consult God for all his decisions and when God ordered him to go the path into hell, he obeyed.
The man was convinced that for some reason God wanted him to enter hell. His love for God however was so deep that he overcame his strong desire for heaven.
The road to hell was a lonesome one. The further he came, the fewer other people he saw. But each time that the man prayed, he was confirmed that he was on the right road.
The road was difficult. Gradually though his life became better and he felt getting closer to God. More and more it appeared that what he thought was hell was really heaven. So the man set himself to pray again and after a long time he realized that the ones who controlled the area had misplaced the road signs. They had swapped the signs to mislead many people and to bring them under their control. All those who had chosen for heaven landed in hell and only the very few who had asked God what to do had chosen the correct road for heaven.
Then God sent the man back to the road signs. He had to fight a big war against those who controlled the area until he could place the road signs in the right direction. Then God sent him onto the road to the right to help all those who had chosen the wrong road and to save them out from hell.
Let us pray and obey our Heavenly Father to take the right direction at each crossing in our life.
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