The Beaten Path

Over the past month or so, I've spent a lot of time and effort into getting my car fixed, and now it has finally meant its demise. So now I get to search for a new car which is not quite in my budget. While my car was in the shop, I used the bus as my transportation method. My first attempt at riding the bus was a complete fail resulting in my somewhere in south Houston, quite a distance from where I live west of the 610 loop. Two weeks ago, I made my second attempt after my car went back shop, it was much more successful. I got home and back to Impact safely, but I noticed something interesting in my walking from the bus stop.

I walk a few blocks to and from my bus stops and transfers. I walk past a few different blocks on my way to the church. When I got to the block where I turn to go towards Impact, I noticed something. There is a beaten path where people had cut off of the sidewalk to save a few steps to get to the church, I looked to the other side of the street and saw the same thing.

It reminded me of the text in Isaiah where he says "A voice of one calling in the desert, Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him." This is text is commonly interpreted to be speaking of John the Baptist preparing the way for Jesus. John is a guy who is speaking to a thirsty and hungry people looking for a hope and a Messiah.

We try to do similar things here, there is a beaten path to Impact because we are a group who seek to reach the hungry and thirsty people of Houston, and I'm proud to be a part of it. The hopeless seek us out, and we bring light and love and food and clothes into their lives. We are preparing the way for them to meet Jesus, and trying to make paths straight for the day he returns.