In his book, Invitation to Pilgrimage, John Bailey wrote, "I am sure that the bit of road that most requires to be illuminated is the point where it forks." (Charles Scribner's and Sons, 1942, p. 8)

He's right, isn't he? There's no place on our life's journey where we need more light than when we come to some crucial fork in the road and have to make a decision as to which direction we are going to go.

Do you remember the story of the woman who was trying to get into a parking space in a heavily congested lot one Christmas. She tried to manipulate her beautiful, long, sleek Cadillac, but couldn't quite get the angle needed to squeeze into the space.

Finally she backed a good distance back, and swung out as far as she possibly could. But then, just as she was ready to point the nose of h…