Trust the Path

It was a beautiful Autumnal day. We looked forward to exploring

Cheddar.  Where we parked, we noticed a few inviting, meandering

gravelled, steps heading up into the undergrowth and the path was alluring. It beckoned us on.

We were undecided, should we risk walking this path or take the safe road?  What if this route was too arduous, too long, or too precarious for three seniors? What if it took us to a dead end?

The path still beckoned, so off we went. After fifteen minutes of rugged terrain, we met two teenagers coming the other way; ‘how far is the walk to Cheddar’?  we asked. To our delight they told us it was an easy route.

Twenty minutes later, still uneasy, we met an elderly couple, who told us there were three hours left to go. Our hearts sank.

Thirty minutes later we met a couple on their last legs! ‘You’ve got an hour left’ they said. Discouraged, we continued. But Hey Ho! We arrived in under an hour! The perfect walk, why had we worried? Why had we listened to discouraging voices?

Only simpletons believe everything they’re told! The prudent carefully consider their steps Prov 14:15

It doesn’t always pay to take the advice of others about our own pilgrimage!  Some say it’s hard, some say it’s easy, some misrepresent the walk, and some just don’t have a clue! Today, don’t let others define your path, walk your own walk, hear advice but shelve every discouragement that comes against you.           Let God alone be your guide.                                                                                           With Love,       Rev Gill x        

Disregard them! They are blind guides. Matt 15:14