My pace slows. I step carefully, but more deliberately. The daylight has given way to darkness, but I travel onward. There's a corner up ahead. I can't quite make it out. It isn't the change of direction that has me on edge. The unnerving part is my pondering of what is around that corner. When I make this turn, what will I find staring me in the face? Am I fully prepared for this part of the journey?
I think about Paul, in Acts 21:11-13. He was warned not to go to Jerusalem. It was said that if he traveled there, he would be bound and handed over to those who wanted him stopped. Ultimately, he could be sentenced to death. His friends tried to persuade him otherwise. Paul would hear nothing of it. He forged ahead, ready to die if necessary, not knowing what truly lay before him. He did know it would be unpleasant at best. In the same manner, the road was mapped out for Jesus to journey to Jerusalem, where he was crucified. Willingly he went.
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