One Way
Tuesday, July 01, 2014 Posted by Lisa
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Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6
When I was fifteen, a friend and I were selected to be the two students from our high school to study under an artist in Washington,DC. I love art, still do. But what blows my mind away to this day is that my teacher nominated me AND that my protective parents let me miss a day of school a week, join a group of twelve ragamuffin teens and go into the city. What?! This was no field trip. No bus took us downtown. It was my responsibility to navigate the metro bus and metro rail system on my own to get to my class and back home again. It is an experience I will always remember.
However, there is one detail over those weeks that still sits in my mind today and I think of it often. My friend's artwork was selected by our artist "rabbi" to be presented at the Corcoran Gallery of Art with other works of art created by students. She ended up winning and receiving a scholarship for her entry.
Her artwork? A One Way sign going in all different directions. Arrows pointed this way and that but the words stared back at you "ONE WAY". I thought it was brilliant irregardless of the chaos and confusion it communicated. The image is burned into my memory.
I am utterly thankful Jesus didn't say, "Follow me to the way" or "I know which way you should go". He said "I am the Way". God the Father loves us so much that He chose to make getting to Him simple. He doesn't want us confused in the chaos of the screaming voices and opinions in life. He chose to make it clear, plain. The only way to the Father is through Jesus.
God is Love. He would never make it so difficult to find Him. Follow Jesus. Period. Not one of us will get lost with that navigational direction.
