parresia

"Some also have wished that

"Some also have wished that the next way to their Father's house were here that they might be troubled no more with either hills or mountains to go over; but the way is the way, and there's an end."

It is of course interesting to point out that in the actual quote Bunyan capitalizes both the "H" and "M" of "Hills" and "Mountains." Are we to believe this was a grammatical error? Or is it much more likely that he spoke of true mountains and true hills such that as problems arise in our lives they are not easily overcome and therefore deserve such emphasis? Are not the mountains of life sometimes treacherous and enough to bring tears? I have cried when faced with mountains before.

"but the way is the way" we do make choices in this life, and I am not one to stand in opposition to one's chosen path unless I see that path as unbiblical or otherwise perilous. Some path's peril may be obvious to me emotionally, and I am want to step in and change the decision to go that route, but sometimes I am able to see that even my attempt to stop a decision will bring further emotional peril. So I do not stand in the way of the path, peril come or not. Indeed, the way is the way and I have yet to find my own, so how can I ask someone to follow me? I cannot.

"but there is an end" yes there is. Though unforseen yet, I believe that there is an end, and God has promised it will be for the good, peril come or not. "Even for their own sakes the loves must submit to be second things if they are to remain the things they want to be...in this yoke lies their true freedom; they "are taller when they bow."

So I bow