Sincerely Driving the Wrong Way on Interstate 10

I was driving cross-country one time, going from California to Texas. Late at night I finally needed gas, got off on the cloverleaf and looped around — this was before GPS — found the gas station, filled up, and got back on the freeway feeling pretty good about the progress I was going to make.

Going down Interstate 10, I kept seeing signs that said Interstate 10, so I knew I was on the right interstate. But then I thought, “They must have a chain of those restaurants everywhere, because I just saw one a few miles back.”

Then I realized I was looking at the same restaurant — and the sign said Interstate 10 West. I was going to Texas; I needed to be going east. I had been perfectly happy and perfectly sincere, but I was never going to get to Texas going the wrong direction.

It did not matter how sincere I was. A lot of people in the world today think it doesn’t really matter what you believe as long as you’re sincere. Oh, it does matter, friends. The truth will set you free.