Guidance

John 8:12 (NIV)

12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Jesus tells those who are listening to follow Him. It doesn’t matter what our desires are. It doesn’t matter the direction we want to go. Instead, we are to follow Jesus for we will always walk in light and not the darkness of evil.

Often I have not known where I was going until I was already there. I have had my share of desires and goals, but my life has come to me or I have gone to it mainly by way of mistakes and surprises. Often I have received better than I deserved. Often my faintest hopes have rested on bad mistakes. I am an ignorant pilgrim, crossing a dark valley. And yet for a long time, looking back, I have been unable to shake off the feeling that I have been led – make of that what you will.

[The Mystery of Guidance Wendell Berry, “Jayber Crow,” (Counterpoint, 2001), Page 133]