Not Quite What You Thought

Train up a child [a]in the way he should go, even when he grows older he will not abandon it.  Proverbs 22:6  NASB In the way he should go – Did you see that little footnote before this phrase?  In the margin, the NASB says, “according to his way.”   It’s not quite the same idea, is…

Trail Markers

Lead me in Your truth and instruct me, for You are the God of my rescue.  In You do I hope every day.  Psalm 25:5  Robert Alter translation Lead me – As a young man I used to hike in the Cascades.  Once I attempted to reach a small lake up in the mountains.  Things…