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But it leads to a very beautiful place if you don't turn back.The refrain on a motivational poster created by the British Government in 1939 to encourage a frightened citizenry ahead of World War II, “Stay Calm and Carry On” has, especially in this century, become a popular moniker for all manner of products and situations. There is no Easter morning without a Good Friday. There is no new life without the pain of labor. There is no Promised Land without a wilderness. So don't doubt in this darkness what God has told you in the light. That's when you are ready for your Promised Land. Because it's there that you're forced to abandon all self-reliance and learn total reliance on your Lord. It's on the hard road that you get rid of the junk that's keeping you from God's best. It's in the wilderness that well, like God's people of old, you see Red Seas part, water come from rocks, and manna come from heaven. The desert, the bumpy road - they're all part of the Plan. What a tragedy, though, if you went through this painful process and bailed out before the beautiful result. If you're not careful, you'll turn around and leave the road God put you on the road that ultimately leads to the Promised Land He wants to give you.īut it doesn't feel very much like Promised Land right now.

The long, hard ride can leave you confused and hurting from all the bumps, all focused on yourself. The bumps can make you wonder if you're even on the right road. That's what the desert road, the bumpy road can do to you: make you afraid, make you discouraged, unless you focus on your Lord instead of your load, and on the result more than on the process. Go up and take possession of it, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, told you. Listen in Deuteronomy 1:21 to where that journey led: 'See, the Lord your God has given you the land. You're traversing one of life's 'vast and dreadful deserts.' But that's not the end of the story. Sinai) through all that vast and dreadful desert.' That could be where you are. In Deuteronomy 1:19, God says this to His ancient people, 'We set out from Horeb (that's Mt. Our word for today from the Word of God may be a picture of the journey you're on right now. And, often, she'll go back and do it again. I guess it's kind of like labor in that regard - a painful process that every birth mother goes through, with a beautiful result that lasts a lifetime.

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We did, in fact, go back multiple times knowing full well that the process was not going to be fun. But any member of our family can tell you it was worth the trip. I imagine some people never made it to the majesty of those falls because the bumpy road made them decide to turn back - a temptation that may have occurred to you on your bumpy road.

Maybe you're traveling one of those hard, even painful, bumpy roads right now. You know, lots of life's beautiful places are accessible this very same way - by means of a bumpy road. I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about 'The Bumpy Road to a Beautiful Place.'

And then you were there, and it was great! So you went about as slow as a car can go, bracing yourself for a big bump and then another big bump. You couldn't avoid these craters they were everywhere. Think moonscape - potholes big enough to swallow an old Volkswagen. The 'oh no' part was because of the road to get to this special spot. It was magnificent to look at and it was fun to hike around. There was this high, cascading waterfall, tucked in a remote place that few people knew about. When I would tell our kids we were going to Buttermilk Falls, I could expect two equally sincere reactions: 'Oh good!' and 'Oh no!' See, the 'oh good' part was because it was just one of the 'coolest' places in our area.

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