Go West

To the Sojourners abroad:

I was thinking about the Petshop Boys song tonight thats called "Go West". The song's chorus goes along these lines, "Go west/Life is peaceful there/Go West/in the open air/Go West/ in the great big city/Go West". Then another scene popped into my head: Opening scene of Newsies. A statue appears in the city center. On the statue it states, "Go West Young man". Which then naturally made me think of another scene from the movie Rainman. Rainman, played by Dustin Hoffman is sitting in the doctors office with Tom Cruise. An old man is talking about how back in his day all you had to do was "Go West".

I never thought about how often this phrase was and still is used in our culture today. But how much more West can you go before all you do is fall into the Pacific Ocean? Think about it.

You board your train and find your seat. Your destination: somewhere out West, but your not sure where. So you decide as you approach each stop that you will keep on going on and on before you step off that train to settle somewhere. Before you know it you've hit the farthest desitnation you can go and you have to make a train change if you want to keep going. Heres the glich. You only saved up enough money for that one-way train ride. There was no going back. You are stuck. You realize that you should have stopped in the small cute town back two stops ago, but you cannot undue the past. You have to go with it.

How often is our life like this concerning our relationship with our Master Conductor, God? We just go with the flow, not thinking, but just living our daily lives. Some continue to pursue that American Dream and embark to continue their journey out West, but what they dont realize is that todays world has discovered all that there is to be discovered, so you are sinking fast in lifes Pacific ocean. You do not research your desitination, you do not care. You'll know when you get there if you made the right choice with no regrets.

Are we ignorant to knowing and acknowleding there is a God? As pilgrims of this Earth we need to make knowing God our greatest endeavor on this Earth. Sometimes we place ourselves in the position that we know more than God. But think about this..."If we make God small enough to understand He is no longer big enough to be worshipped"(Pastor Scott Ardavanis).

Point is: "God is incomprehensible but He is not uncomprehensible" (Mr. Fred Schwamb). He is all knowing. Nothing surprises Him.

So how far west can we go without consulting our master conductor? How far west do we go before we realized we slipped up and now we are drowning in our sin?

Thank goodness for the master Engineer who died for us. Jesus Christ. Amen?

Love Always,
Corrine