Taking The High Road

Please let us pass

      through your land.

We will not pass through

   field or vineyard,

or drink from a well.

We will go along

   the King's Highway.

         Numbers 20.17

(Through any difficulty,

    known or yet unknown,

God provides the opportunity

   to take the high road,

     His way through this.

He guides us,

   even step by step.

When we pray,

   seeking His face,

  --and not just directions--

the next stepping stone

   rises up out of the mist

      --and not until.

His highway passes through

  the familiar

      and the most unlikely routes

with rest stops along the way

   we cannot foresee.)

O LORD,

Please help us to choose

   Your way in this wilderness

   or right through the crowds.

Help us to be faithful

  in all that we do today

and follow You into it

   with a new heart.

And to know You more

     along the way,

whether sharp turns

     or confusing detours,

not looking for signs,

   but looking to You.

Walk with us, Almighty One.