Sunday, August 25, 2013

Rivers are crooked.....

   The sermon today at the Crothersville Christian Church was titled, "Rivers are Crooked." Pastor Ralph showed many pictures of crooked rivers. One picture showed many turns and bends as the river flowed through the country side. He talked of how each bend is a choice for us to do good, follow the higher path and resist evil.
  Those of you who follow my blog will recall I talk alot about our journey through life. A crooked river is much like the crooked path we walk each day. There are tons of bends, turns, pot holes and muck that we face as we walk along our journey. How we choose to walk that path says much about us as a person. When you come to a bend do you follow evil or do you resit it. When you hit a pot hole pick your self up and keep going. Staying in the pot hole will only make life rough.
   The Muscatatuck River flows through Vernon Township. It goes from a stretch of shallow spots where you have to carry your canoe or flat bottom boat to a deep wide section. It twist and turns through farm ground and at many places you will find a log jam. Remember the times we've carried our friends when they came to a shallow spot in life. How many times have we came to a log jam on our journey. No matter what's around the bend, always take the high road and keep pushing forward. As one of my friends put it one day-put on your big girl panties, smile and be the best that you can be....
This picture was taken of the Muscatatuck River early one morning this past winter.