MartiW
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A Trip in the Dark
It was the 30th of December, a Saturday, and the last day we could go to Hersheypark until they reopen at Easter. It was a hushed whisper going back and forth between myself and the two younger kids the night before. Could we just take a run at it? Daddy got wind of it, but was too busy preparing for the New Year's Eve party to be able to go. Daddy usually drives and always insists we have directions and a map book with us.
So it was already after noon when those little guys and I were ready to sneak away. I asked for a mapbook, but my son could not find it. If we waited any longer we would not get to go. The keyboards were already put away and the computers shut down so the desk could be set up for the buffet for the party. Without book, directions, and without Daddy, we left. We have been a million times, how hard can it be to go north?
Thus began our grand adventure. President Ford had died, but we did not factor that in. We did not realize that the roads around DC would be shut down. The road that was open was backed up for miles because a car was burning. It was okay because as long as we headed north and west, we would arrive, but having left late, time was short. We travelled long and hard in the right direction on the wrong road. We had been travelling for 3 hours. Usually Hershey is only a 2.5 to 3 hour drive from our house. We were nowhere near Hershey. I started seeing sights which were familiar from jaunts into West Virginia, but definately not Hershey. Yet, we stayed our course north and west. The youngest had fallen off to sleep sometime after the slow fiasco around DC. I was busy winning my second round of "Roadkill Bingo" with my son, when I finally figured out where we were. After 3.5 hours of travel, we were 100 miles from Hershey park. It was pitch black and getting late. We hooked the right highway and hoped we would make it before the gates closed.
I often think this is how many people go through life. They have a good idea of where Heaven is and think they know how to get there and so head off in a general direction which they think is correct. When they hit detours and the unexpected, they continue to guide themselves in what they believe will get them there.
Jesus did not want any of us to get lost. He gave us Scripture (mapbook), Tradition (direction), and the Teaching Authority of the Church (Daddy). If we attempt to make the journey without these things that Jesus thought were important enough to provide us with then we are following ourselves on a goosechase.
We made the park 3 hours before they closed. I have been crowned "Queen of the Dead" having been the undisputed champion of "Roadkill Bingo". It made me wonder how far in the dark and amongst the dead will people travel thinking they are on the right course and will they arrive on time?
Jesus gave us the tools to make our journey of faith through Scripture, Tradition, and the Teaching Authority so that we can make our trip in the Light among the living. Why would any of us choose to set out without them?
Last edited by MartiW, 1/24/2007, 8:45 am
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DEUS meus, ex toto corde amo Te super omnia, quia es infinite bonus et infinite amabilis; et ob amorem Tui proximum meum diligo sicut meipsum, eique, si quid in me offendit, ignosco.
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1/23/2007, 1:49 pm
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