I had a good friend from Maine who loved Maine humor, obviously.
One day he told the story of a man who stopped to ask directions in Portland, Maine. He simply asked the friendly Maine person, "Can I take this road to Bangor?
The response, "Nope, this road has to stay right here they have enough roads in Bangor!"
The road to a place is one thing the way of being in a place of love and peace is another. When Jesus said, "I am the Way", I do not think he meant he was the road to heaven and that people had to take any particular road to heaven. He meant, the way of heaven had come to earth. It is a way of surrender of the physical world (reality) to the spiritual world (reality), it is the way of serenity regardless of anything, and the way of sacrificial loving without condition. The Jesus way is the way of love and peace. It is not about any particular religious way but a spiritual way that can be assisted by any religious orientation that embraces the wonder and witness of living in peace and loving all people regardless of anything.
Live this way, do not take this road, love this way!
Love without conditions and without any agenda.
About Me
- Don Paine
- I am a pastor and a clinical psychotherapist. My life's passion is defining healthiness from a human perspective and paralleling it to the holiness of God, divine perspective. Shifting perspectives creates a paradigm that is alongside of rather than over and against. The parakalein of God and the paradoxes of humanity are redefined. Humanity is all about winning and yet we are losing ground everywhere. Divinity is all about letting go of the desire to win and the fear of loss. The Divine embraces the world with loving care regardless of anything.
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