Meditation on Romans 11:33

      I sometimes go walking in a nearby forest with my wife and Sam, our little dog. We just wander along, exploring the various pathways that the forest affords, sometimes ending up at a point we've never found before, sometimes finding a dead-end. Sometimes staying on the allotted path might seem a little boring and lacking adventure, but that usually turns out to be because our eyes are not opened enough to the beauty of our surroundings, and because we lose sight of the ultimate goal.
      It reminds me of the walk we have with Christ. How easy it is to be distracted from the straight and narrow way, feeling that it lacks adventure and excitement; dashing off down the side routes that invariably take us nowhere. Yet when we stick to the pathway that He points us along, what a joy awaits us at the end of it.