Street Names

I love street names. Not your typical downtown 2nd Avenue street name but you know the good ole country street names. Like Bethel Road...wonder why it is called Bethel Road? Who named it? What happened on that road to make someone want to call it Bethel Road? Or, what about Greathouse Road? That's the name of my road. Was that someone's last name? Did someone build a huge, beautiful house on that road one time and that's why they named it Greathouse Road?

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I just can't help myself wondering about these street names. Every day I drive to work on the exact same road and every day I read these street signs all the way in. I drive on Warrior Jasper Road and I pass Lundy Drive, Mayfield Road, April Drive, New Bethel School Road, Greathouse Mountain Road, Plum Blossom Lane and many more. These street names just get me thinking.

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I would think that it takes alot of thought into naming a street. I mean that street name will forever be etched in someone's memory. "Yeah, I grew up on Jackson Road" or "He proposed to me at the house on County Line Road." The names of these roads mean so much to people. Some names have good memories and some names have not so good memories. Maybe someone lost a relative in a car wreck on a road or maybe someone's life changed in an instant on a road. But these names all mean something to everybody even if it is just directions. "Take a left onto Bagley Road and then take a right onto Tate Mill Road." To someone who lives in the area that makes perfect sense. The road names mean something.

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This is the same with us. We all mean something to someone. A memory can flood into the mind of someone who loves us just by the mere mention of our name. Alot of thought went into naming us and our names are forever etched into someone's memory. Good or bad.

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Jeremiah 1:5 says "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart..." We are all unique, even in God's eyes. He knew us before we were born. He carefully placed us in the womb of a woman who would give us a name that would forever be important to those around us. He knew the plan for our lives and made sure to put us in the right situations time and time again for our purpose to be fulfilled. Some days we wander around not knowing if we are on the right "road" but I promise you, if you wake up each morning with your eyes upon the cross he will always make sure our feet are on the right road.

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What road are you on today? Are you lost? Well, just take a left at Forgiveness Street, then an immediate right onto Mercy Avenue and you will see Amazing Grace Way right in front of you. From there you can't miss Calvary Road!