Pathways

Due to illness I have had a lot of time to rest and wander round my calm place over the last week or so. I seem to have discovered a couple of little paths that lead off in opposing directions.

The first and most easily found is very pretty. It leads over to my fence on a nice gentle smooth paved slope, a little stream beside it, flowers all around. Looking along it it seems to drop into shade, to get darker the further along you go. On closer inspection all is not as it seems! The flowers are dead but so carefully arranged and painted. The stream is empty of life and has a horrid tinge. The shade is cold, not the refreshing cool that comes from the shade He provides on a summers day.

The other path looks a little daunting still. It starts off steep and rocky with lots of potential trips and falls along the way. It gets steeper the further up you go. I cannot see where it leads to ... that is another level, somewhere higher than I can not imagine at the moment. It disappears into bright light. Looking closer at this path there are safe places along the way, with little springs of clear fresh water. tiny flowers which are oh so pretty for those that walk this way with their eyes open to the world.

I know where the first path leads, it is an easy selfish route. It would be so very easy to follow this, to give in to temptation, to be selfish and greedy and take all I can from this world.

The second path has more appeal. I love the little details and the challenge. I will wander up here later, but I know I need to gather my strength a little before tackling the climb. I know not where it leads, for He still chooses to hide that from me. But I can start to plan the first part of my route and I hope you will join me.

It will be a path full of stories and written words which I hope will enlighten. I will try to package the words so they inform rather than scare. A few things I say may be close to home and make you stop and consider before you make some big decisions. That is my goal, my dream, to help others consider before acting, and in this world, with His will and guidance, we may make a change for the better.