When I was a girl growing up in Kenya, I loved exploring the forest, trying to get “lost” and then finding a new route home (or creating my own). I suppose I had a touch of the pioneering spirit back then.
These days, I tend to prefer the well worn trail, the one without hidden roots, encroaching thorn bushes, or face-level spider webs that suddenly appear out of nowhere.
God has different ideas, to say the least. He’s taking me off my familiar comfortable road and setting me off on a whole new path. Unknowns abound. But I know Him, and He will be with me all through the journey. (Psalm 9:10 “And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.”)
I wrote this poem (technically a sonnet) several years ago, and it seems to perfectly fit my new situation.
This Way
Joshua 3:4 “…you have not passed this way before.
Dear one, you have not passed this way before;
Lean hard upon My gracious, loving arm.
I know the path, and you can rest assured
I’ll keep you safe from every fear and harm.
Don’t try to light your own flickering beam,
Or plunge ahead into the night alone.
No good has ever come of all your schemes,
Or anything you’ve done that’s on your own.
I am the only Light you’ll ever need –
Remember that, with ev’ry twist and turn.
Then as you rest, I promise I will lead,
And teach you all the things that you must learn.
In joy and pain, you’ll ever be secure,
Although you have not passed this way before.
(Photo credit: The Kijabe Forest Trust)
Made for Eternity 