🌿 Day 3 — Pilgrim’s Path
Theme: Walking in restoration
Scripture: “You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.” — Psalm 18:36
Reflection
Healing does not erase our scars; it transforms them into maps of mercy. The restored soul does not return to what was but walks forward—steadier, softer, wiser. Restoration is not a final arrival but a daily pilgrimage, one step at a time into the wild kingdom of grace.
Pilgrim’s Path (from Unfinished Faith, 2026)By Elaine Rumboll
Make firm my feet, O Christ,
even when the soil softens beneath me,
strengthen my ankles
where fear would fold them,
so each step in this marshland
finds your hidden path.
Teach me to stand
unshaken,
as the heron stands
at the edge of darkness,
watching, not fleeing.
Toughen my soles
so I might pass unharmed
through reeds whispering threats,
through sorrow
curled quietly in mud
beneath ordinary grasses.
Lead me far from solid ground,
beyond the safety clearly marked,
to tracks that yield and shift.
Walk me into your wild kingdom,
near where the heron,
with wings wide, receives dawn’s clarity,
beak tilted, generous to what comes.
Waiting for a flash
of silver,
for life rising clear,
bright water over stone.
Reflection Prompt
What new path is God inviting me to walk as one who has been made whole?
Closing Prayer
Healer of the hidden places, set my feet upon Your path. May I walk with quiet courage and carry Your peace into every place I go.