Sep 19 2009
It’s A-maze-ing
This morning I woke up thinking of a maze, which brought to my early-morning mind the brick labyrinth at a summer house. I’ve walked the labyrinth on one occasion – a particularly wet day when walking on the beach proved too cold – but found it dull, as it inexorably leads to a single point.
Such a labyrinth would make a simpler life because, as complex as it looks, you’re brought to the end. A maze is full of choices. Sometimes we realize a few turns in that this is not our path. Or we discover the truth only when a dead-end blocks our way.
Or perhaps we never realize it.
That’s a frightening thought. Unlike a rat’s maze, the goal isn’t as clear-cut as a lump of cheese.
Well, I was pondering this image when I came to today’s morning readings. And here it is, in the end of Psalm 119: 9-16:
I will ponder all Your precepts
and consider Your paths.
I take delight in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word..
Point taken, Lord.
