Staying on the Trail

 

All the paths of the LORD

are steadfast love

and faithfulness...

            Psalm 25. 10

(That's the way through

       our hard situations.

Our compass is

   to love others well

      (yes, even them)

and to be faithful to God

   in whatever we do

     (yes, even in this.)

"Walk with Me.

    Don't leave home

    without Me."

God may be taking us

             a new way,

or making us aware

  of what we are missing

  in the familiar and ordinary.

What is the way through?

      Stay on the trail.

Bring love and faithfulness

          with us

and apply lavishly.)

O LORD,

We need not wonder

that You lead us on paths

   of love and faithfulness,

even through the thicket

and miry bog,

or across the abyss

    on a swinging bridge.

Help us to love others

   in these circumstances

and to love them 

                straight to You.

Grant to us the courage

  and wisdom to be faithful

even when it is hard

          to choose Your way.

Especially then.

Help us to stay on that trail

   and not be distracted.

Redeem this difficulty

   for Your glory.

Even as impossible

      as that may seem.