Straight Paths

 

As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:  "A voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight pats for him.' ~Luke 3:4

This first week of May has been an unusual one for us to say the least.  The temperatures haven't gotten out of the sixties in the afternoons, falling into the forties overnight.  It is more like March than May; I'll take it!

But with the coolness has come some gusty, and often powerful winds.  Again, more like March!  Leaf debris and weakened branches litter our decks and yard.  Those are easy enough to clean up.  But what we don't know, nor expect, was to have a small maple near the top of our very steep driveway snap under the wind's strength, and land smack dab on the drive, blocking egress from out house.

We are so thankful that this event happens late in the afternoon, and with no place we are scheduled to be the following morning, Danny can wait to tend to them.  And tend, he does!

And here is the culprit for the tree's weakness - damage and rot from the inside.

It's quite the job, but Danny's new handsaw works so well, he doesn't have to pull out the cumbersome chain saw.  With the limbs gone, he can maneuver the relatively slender trunk off the driveway and into the piles of forest debris.  It now waits for son, Nicco, to arrive and claim the wood.  His turn to do some hard labor - LOL!

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We all will, at some point or another, face obstacles blocking our paths or forcing us to make detours we otherwise would never have imagined.  And I think we would all agree that removing those impediments are not always within our means or abilities.  In those times, we must lean on help from the Lord, asking Him to guide us in the way He would have us go.  He will prepare our way, and make our paths straight.

Amen!