Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers. Psalm 1:1
“Blessed is_________.” The opening words of Jesus from His sermon on the mount. This is a Beatitude. It is not a suggestion, but a direction that will keep your life on the right path.
The way of the wicked is a person’s life’s choice: The things they do, the places they go, the words they say…… the manner in which they engage with their spouse, and children, and neighbors…….It’s not an afternoon lunch date with a little venting on the edgy side, it is their ideal, their life’s standard, and it will end in destruction.
This Psalm contrasts the way of the righteous and that of the wicked. There are two ways, not three, no road down the middle with a little of the best from each side blended in. The enlightened trail blazers from the beginning of humanity till now have tried to build one but it is not to be. Chose the path of righteousness, it is already full of faithful footprints and fellow sojourners that will encourage you, lead you, walk beside you and sometimes push you up a hill, but they will be with you until your journey’s end.
Love,
Gretchen