For Restoration: Three Days, Three Poems, Three PrayersSample

🌿 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.

🌸 Endnote

All three poems are drawn from Unfinished Faith (2026). May these words accompany you as you encounter the God who restores.

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