The Path

The path that leads us through this life

Is never smooth and straight.
We have to deal with bumps and ruts
And painful twists of fate.
 
We get diverted from the path,
Or bogged down in our sin,
Before we find the path once more
And start off once again.
 
Sometimes we stray so far away,
That we can lose all track,
Until we make excuses for
Refusing to turn back.
 
We justify the life we choose,
Though we know that it’s wrong,
And we pretend it’s what God meant
For our lives all along.
 
We live so long within the sin
We think there’s no return.
That life along God’s path us
Is a bridge we must burn,
 
But we forget the path we walk
Leads us beneath the cross,
And after such a sacrifice
Christ won’t accept our loss.
 
It’s not the sin that matters when
All has been said and done.
The thing that matters most to Him
Is grace and redemption.
 
Isaiah 44:22
I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Again, thank you to LHB for another wonderful photo of the Vermont autumn and a perfect fit for today's praise!