Monday in The Week of The 4th Sunday of Easter (05/04/09)

He leads me in right paths for his name's sake.

--Psalm 23:3b

"Two paths diverged in a yellow wood...I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference," wrote the poet Robert Frost.

If the road is "less traveled," then adventure may be in store. But a well traveled path could suggest that there is safety.

Take your pick: safety or adventure?

The paths of which King David speaks are both adventurous and safe. They are the right paths, David says. But the bigger question -- far more significant than which path you may be on -- involves why you are being led along God's path. It's for his name's sake!

That is the name that was put upon you at your baptism. The Good Shepherd leads you for a good reason: his name's sake.

It's all in the name, and that name is yours!

PD