The Right Side

One thing that peeves me to no end (which it shouldn't but does anyway) is people not knowing which side of the street to walk on. There's that inevitable dance we do with perfect strangers. One or both aren’t sure which direction to walk.

So, let me make it clear and simple. It's ALWAYS the right side in America!

You go up the right side of the stairways. You go down the right side of the stairways.

You walk into the right side of an elevator and you exit out the same elevator on the right side.

You drive on the right side of the road going to work - and on the right side going home! It's always the RIGHT side.

Now this line of thinking led me to wonder which "side" of life am I on?

The right side or the wrong side?

I have a friend whose son has decided the wrong side is the right side. That kind of thinking has led him to juvenile detention, transitional housing, hanging out at someone else's house, laid off from his job, and two years behind on graduating from high-school. But to his way of thinking he gets to hang-out with friends all day long, do whatever he pleases, having no authority figure telling him what he needs to be doing to avoid catastrophe.

Seems obvious to you and me that he’s on the wrong side of the road. But he THINKS he’s on the right side.

Though the events of his life speaks for itself, you and I know he’s about to fall into a huge hole – but he doesn’t see it. Not yet. Maybe, before it’s too late.

It’s similar to the experiences of the Traveling Lights. We know there are many people who don’t want to hear about Jesus Christ, explaining that they’re just fine. I did too. We’re having a good time (pretending to). We don’t need Jesus or anyone else for that matter. But someone else saw that sinkhole I was about to topple over into. And all the while they're trying to point-out how my step was about to find itself hanging in mid-air - no support whatsoever!

Think about what side you’re walking on. If everything is perfect (that’s impossible) on the wrong side of the road, then by all means keep walking on the wrong side.

I know that walking on the right side doesn’t prevent me from encountering problems. HOWEVER, when bad things happen (and they will – though they don’t have to be huge and life threatening), nonetheless, there are powerful unseen forces that will ultimately gather me up in faith and guide me through the valleys until the “RIGHT” moment presents itself once again.