Which way?

Psalms 119:105 says, "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path."

Ever thought you knew exactly how to get somewhere, like there is no doubt in your mind? I was en-route to a chimney fire thinking I knew exactly how to get there; I was wrong. I did not find out I was wrong until I went off on my way--only to meet a dead end. Thankfully, the fire turned out to be nothing and I was cleared back to the station before I met my dead end road.

When I got back to the station, I looked up the address on Mapquest. I did the "manly" thing and looked for directions after I needed them. If the fire had been the real deal, I would have gotten burned.

Question: Do you know for certain where you are headed? Many times we don't realize where we're headed because "we know where we're going." Maybe it's a relationship that seems good for us but is taking us places we won't want to be; maybe it's the way we spend our free time that will lead us astray from where we want to be in the future; maybe it's where we get our emotional, physical, or spiritual needs are met?

Pema Chodron once said, "The future is the result of what you are doing right now." Although I'm not a Buddist--she's right. So what's in your future? Ask yourself the following question as you go about your day: "Do I want my future to be the result of what I'm doing right now? At this very moment, as you're reading this blog, says that you are contemplating spiritual insight. What is the result of contemplating spiritual insight?

Set your mind on your future, both in this life and after. Let's ask the Ultimate Chief for the path we need take. Look up those directions before you get somewhere you don't want to be. Results happen; why not choose them?