Wednesday in Holy Week

Turn you steps toward the endless ruins;
the enemy has laid waste everything in your sanctuary.
Psalm 74:3

The path also wends its way
into the ruins
of misplaced hopes
and distorted vision
and arrogant sinfulness

Now is the time to let these burdens drop–
to abandon them
in the enemy’s territory
and keep walking

For even here
the promise of new life
manifests in the foreground

The only way forward is through