A new journey, new challenge... Traveling Light

Welcome to the newest of our reading adventures. I am amazed at how re-reading a book opens up new thoughts and encouragements.

I chose "Traveling Light" this time around for it's encouragement value. All of us have had times when we are feeling pretty worn and tattered. It is during these times that, as Max says, we need a shepherd. But not just any shepherd, but the Great Shepherd.

As you read the rest of this post, I hope the thoughts from this first chapter have intrigued you. Here we go...

Probably most of you have witnessed the death of someone you cared for. In addition, I am sure you've sat at the bedside of a loved one, wondering what the hours and days ahead may be like. This morning as I am writing this post, my pastor is trying to recover from a simple cataract surgery that has now left him with an infection that may cost him his eyesight. Only the days ahead will reveal the outcome. His world is teetering on the edge of change, good or bad, is yet to be seen.

When Max recounts his time next to the gentleman whose fleeting breaths are numbered, I can remember many of the people I've walked the last few feet of their earthly journey with. I, like Max, have read the twenty-third chapter of Psalms to many a struggling saints (and even those who were not saints). It is interesting, often when I ask about reading a passage, this one chapter, only 6 verses long, is the most requested.

As you have read this first chapter, what has come to your mind?

Is there a particular person or event that made it's way into your thoughts?

What about your own journey? Have you found comfort in the words of this well known and often used chapter from the scripture.

Take a few minutes and share what thoughts came to mind as you read chapter 1.