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U TURNS
Author Unknown
October 21, 2010

"Thanks for inviting me to go to church with you next Sunday, Uncle
Al." Tim and his uncle were on their way to Bonny Lake. They had heard
the fishing there was great. "I . . . I don't want to hurt your
feelings," continued Tim, "but . . . well . . . I'm not sure I want to
get into this religious stuff. Besides, Mom and Dad don't think it's a
good idea."

"Oh?" asked Uncle Al in surprise. "I thought you said that your
parents wouldn't mind if you went with me. You sounded quite
interested last week. You even said the Gospel was beginning to make
sense to you."

"Yeah, but since then I've done a lot of thinking," Tim said slowly.
"I don't think I feel like getting 'saved' right now. The crowd I hang
around with at school wouldn't understand, and I like being with them.
Someday I'll start going to church, but I think I'll just go on the
way I am for a while. I know I'm not perfect, but I'm not so bad,
either."

Tim's uncle drove on silently for a few minutes. "Oh, no!" he
exclaimed as they passed a road sign. "I was so intent on our
conversation that I missed the turnoff! We should have gotten off this
road five miles back!"

"Guess we'll have to turn around and go back now, huh?" asked Tim.

But Uncle Al shook his head. "I don't feel like turning around right
now," he said. "I guess we'll just keep going this way. I kind of like
this road, and the scenery is nice."

Tim looked at his uncle in amazement. "But we have to turn around to
get to Bonny Lake," he protested, "and the longer we keep going this
way, the longer it will take to get back. If we wait too long to turn
around, we might not even get there in time to fish."

Uncle Al smiled at Tim as he slowed down for the next turn. "You're
right," he said, "and what you said just now is exactly what I've been
trying to tell you about spiritual life . . . that when you're
traveling down the wrong road, the sooner you turn around, the better.
If you wait too long, you might never get to your goal: Heaven."

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