Pathways Through Lent- Lent 3

Sermon by Paula Papky. 

We will celebrate communion.

Path

There is no one right way.
Follow my footprints in the snow
on the path I made 
through the woods to the pond.
Twice the prints wander off
where I took photographs.
Once a snow-bent branch blocked the way,
so I went around. 
And here, yes, I forgot where I was going
and started off toward the west, then came back.
Walk where you will and find the pond. 

You have come this far.
You have sometimes taken a long way around,
followed the wrong hints.
You’ve discovered detours and shortcuts.
Don’t kick yourself for what you think of as mistakes.
There were no dead ends:
after all, here you are.

The question is not, Were you right?
The question is: What did you see?
What did you learn?

Steve Garnaas-Holmes