There was a man who...
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There was a man who called up the highway department to complain about the condition of the road in front of his house. He kept calling and calling, complaining about all the potholes and bumps, but the highway department never did anything. Finally, though, the man had called so many times that the highway department said that they would do something about his road. But instead of coming in and repaving it, the highway department resolved his complaint another way. They stuck up a sign that said: "Rough Road Ahead." I wonder if that is what a lot of people do with their lives. But in this passage, John the Baptist calls on us to "prepare the way of the Lord, to make his paths straight." -- Bowen
