# Roots, Ruts, and Curves

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Podcast: [Grace for All](https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-for-all-6595211)
Published: 2026-07-13T07:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://graceforall.captivate.fm/episode/roots-ruts-and-curves
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Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. I hike a lot. I have gone on short hikes, and I have gone on long hikes. Some hikes are easy and some incredibly challenging. Some days the weather has been beautiful. Other days the weather has been life-threatening. I have been charged by boar, deer, and bear. I come around a curve in the trail to be greeted by a field of wildflowers in bloom. I have hiked trails so steep that it was like climbing a ladder with the rungs two feet apart. But here are lessons for life that I have learned from hiking: I will not know what is around the next curve, ever, whether it be beauty or danger. Rattlesnakes that give warning are safer than ones that lie silent on the trail. The weather can change in an instant, and there is nothing I can do about it. One foot in front of the other is the only way to get out of the woods. Carry only what you need- without knowing what you might need. Step aside to let others pass. Trust. When hiking, the path is rarely straight. It is filled with curves and climbs, roots and ruts, and yet, I have always made it home. Here is something that today’s verse from Proverbs teaches us about trust. It does not ask us to make the path straight for the Lord. It says that if we acknowledge Him, he will make straight our path. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” During our lives, are we making the path straight for the Lord or is the Lord making the path straight for us? - Yes The Way that Jesus has shared with us does not level and pave the path for us. It does not give us power, wealth…

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