Today we will take a walk on a heavenly stairway. As we ascend the first step, we take a deep breath and hold it slightly until we become light-headed. Then we let the breath go and relax, letting the cares of this week slip away. And so on to the second, third, and fourth steps, we repeat this process. Letting our bodies completely relax. We climb higher, higher, and higher until we enter a lush garden spot. Standing in the middle of the garden is our teacher, Jesus. Many words and thoughts began to take place in your mind, and the words rush forward into your throat, and you hear yourself saying:
"I could not leave thee, Christ, for when I tried to leave you for alluring ways aside from thine own way, thy power withheld me, kept my feet from wandering too far, inept and aimless, down a
