The Walk

THE WALK


(Luke 24:13–34)



By Dave Veerman



Trudging on the weary road

Slumped shoulders, faces sad

Hope had died, their hero slain

Lost all they thought they had



A fellow traveler joined the two

In walk and conversation

Questions, answers, Scriptures shared

Till their destination



Before their meal he took the bread

Blessed and broke he gave

Suddenly they knew his name

The One who came to save



More than thirty years before

In lowly stable birth

He arrived to walk with us

Cohabitant of earth



Growing, working, child and son

Through teen years and beyond

Finite limitation

A fully human bond



Though perfect, tried and crucified

God as man, our sins he bore

Three days, then, triumphantly

Arose to die no more



Like the two Emmaus bound

My focus shifts away

Knowing doubt, assuming loss

Giving circumstances sway



But Jesus drawing closer there

To give, to help, to guide

Along my twisting path he walks

Softly at my side



Too often, though, my eyes are closed

To where he walks and why

And I continue shuffling on

With tear and weary sigh



Lord I long to see and know you

Presence, power, loving grace

Here with joy and safely home

Held in your embrace