Make me to know Your ways, O God; teach me Your paths. (Psalm 25:4)

From a friend:

The other day as I was traveling on the subway, a girl got on the train with a seeing-eye dog and a guide-dog trainer. The trainer instructed the girl to go to the doorway on the opposite side of the car and to feel the barriers on either side of the door. Then he asked her to turn around and feel the barriers on either side of the door she had just entered. She used both hands.

As the train entered another station and they were about to exit, the trainer continued his instructions to the girl, “Now pick up the dog’s harness. He can’t lead you unless you stay in contact with him.”

I saw this as a metaphor for our journey through life. We are prone to stumble and fall, to make wrong turns, to be confused, and so it is important to stay in contact with God who has promised to guide us. We place our lives in God’s Hands. Through prayer, Bible study and meditation, we stay in contact with the One who is “the Way, the Truth and the Life.”

Loving Creator, help us to keep in contact with You at all times that we might receive direction in our path through life!