From Wikipedia, Crossroads (culture), an intersection of roads. This meaning is used metaphorically as a place where other things - both physical and abstract - meet.
It can be used both with a singular and with a plural meaning, i.e. to be at a crossroads, the crossroads are...
The free dictionary says:
cross·road
(krôs r d , kr s -)
n.
1. A road that intersects another road.
2. crossroads (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
a. A place where two or more roads meet.
b. A small, usually rural community situated at an intersection of two or more roads: asked for directions at a remote crossroads.
c. A place that is centrally located.
d. A crucial point. See Synonyms at crisis.
What am I trying to say? Simple. In life, there will always be the “crossroads”… either, in love, career, and faith. Me? I am still in the “crossroads of faith”. Some years ago, I was a worship team leader from my former church. I played the drums, keyboard, bass and vocals. I was part of an organization called Cabuyao Youth for Jesus Movement. Notice that the words I used on this sentence is WAS… past tense. That is because it was my past.
I, before, wanted to be a Worship Pastor, head one of the crucial parts of the Church organizations. The worship team, as others see it, is cool, groups of talented people, etc… but inside the team, there are many things that require dedication, humility, discipline, faith, and a whole lot others.
If you’re a part of this team, you need to practice perseverance and humility a lot of times. People may tend to look at the team as celebrities. And if you got caught in it, it will have a painful effect. God said in Isaiah 42:8 “I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another…” many worship team members tend to forget this one, yes, including me. But that is not why I fall. I fell because of my own wrong doings. I trusted the people around me a little bit too much. And when the storm came, I forgot that people have the tendency to forget you and leave you hanging in the air. My bad.
Anyways, the now is I am on my own “crossroads of faith”. As a pastor once told me, I am not a backslider, which I really never wanted to be called. He just told me that I am on my crossroads of faith because I am confused and angry and infuriated at that time. Well, maybe a bit ‘til now. Today maybe a different story, but then again, the root problem was always the same. Proverbs 16:18 "Pride goes before destruction…".
Right now, I am still battling my inner demons. Yes, battling it out. I’m getting exhausted at times, but I cannot just give in. my life depends on it.
