Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears
will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
—Isaiah 30:21
Until
last week, I had never walked a labyrinth—although the idea intrigued me for years.
When
I read the July 29th devotion in Daily Guideposts, which referenced
a steel hedge labyrinth, I was once again fascinated with the idea and turned to
the Labyrinth Locator to find one in my
area. I was surprised to find three.
A
few days later, while kayaking on the St. Mary’s River with my friend Paul, I
remembered that one of the three was located just a stone’s throw away on the
grounds of historic Trinity Episcopal Church.
Soon
Paul and I made our way up the riverbank and onto the church property, where we
landed in the memorial gardens—and discovered why it has been described as a
place where “land, water and sky meet in beauty and take the breath away” (Saint Mary's Parish).
After
taking pause and savoring the beauty from an inviting bench that overlooked the
river, we ventured through the sacred cemetery to find the labyrinth.
