Pathways

In life there are pathways, paths that lead us where we want to go and paths that lead us away from where we desire to end up. There are roads that are smooth, roads that are rocky, roads that are slippery, and roads that would keep us stuck. I've personally traveled along paths that were very painful and some paths that brought me so much joy I felt I would burst. Every now and then I've traveled a walkway that lasted only for a brief moment and some others that flat out exhausted me because they seemingly had no end. There have been paths lined with beauty and some lined with sights I hope to never to see again. I've trodden along trails that have taken me to dead ends and been privileged to travel some that have led me to places I could have never imagined.

What have I learned?

The only way to live life is to choose a path and follow it. Sometimes, we don't know what our paths hold - in fact, most times we have no idea what our journeys will bring. The only thing I do know for sure is that our paths only truly bear meaning when they are traveled.

I can gaze at a path all I want from a distance, but it is only when I choose to walk a path, to take in all the sights and sounds, to experience the journey step by step, stride by stride, - it is only then that I experience my life in it's entirety.

Lord help me not just be a hearer but a doer....

Help me not to be a gazer but a walker...

Keep me from standing on the precipice of my life...

Hold my hand and help me to leave footprints along the paths you lead me to...

Lord, help me to boldly walk the paths set before me...

Help me to live the life you have given me fully, completely, and abundantly through the power provided through the life of Jesus Christ living in me.



Lord, let me live my life in such a way...

with such endurance...
with such committment...
and with such vigor...

that when you tell me it's time to go home, to be with you forever...

I will be ready.