labyrinth

“Earth is crammed with Heaven. And every bush aflame with God. But only those who see take off their shoes.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning

As I walked through the maze - the labyrinth - beckoned me to the centre. What looked so orderly and symetrical on the outside was really more complicated in the middle. I felt the ground beneath me; my feet right before me, but the path twisted and turned. Life is like that. God sometimes leads in unexpected directions. He longs for us to come to the centre - to Him - with our hearts but we have to follow His plan. I want to jump over the boundaries and borders and charge straight to the centre but He is weaving me in and out, circling round and back and ever drawing me closer. I take one step at a time, focusing on what lies before me.

Jesus spent 40 days in the desert - all 4 gospels record and confirm that is where he went after his baptism. Jesus was “being formed, inwardly initiated into the radical new path he would soon reveal to the world… he moved into the marketplace: taught, healed, laughed, danced and dined; lived among the people as brother and friend. Whatever he learned in the wilderness seems to have pushed him through and beyond the ascetic path.” Cynthia Bourgeault

There are no easy roads to being a Christian, but when we stay on the path of righteousness, He leads us home. He walks beside us all the way. So even if your path takes unexpected turns, know that he is there to guide you and show you the way.

This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you what is best for you,
who directs you in the way you should go.
If only you had paid attention to my commands,
your peace would have been like a river,
your well-being like the waves of the sea. Isaiah 48:17-18