KING'S HIGHWAY

 

 

 

 

THERE IS A ROAD ON MAUI

BUILT IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

BY THE THEN KING

PI'ILANI

 

IT'S A HIKING TRAIL NOW

A ROUGH TRACKING TRAIL

THE ROAD HAS BEEN ABANDONED

 

IN THIS LENTEN SEASON

IT BRINGS TO MIND THE BAPTIZER'S WORD

 REPAIR THE ROYAL HIGHWAY

 

HOW OTEN HAVE WE ABANDONED

THE KINGS HIGHWAY

FOR SOME EXIT

THEN GOT LOST

 

THE HIGHWAY GREW GRASS

WHICH NO ONE ATTENDED

 

ISAIAH SAYS

"A highway will be there—yes, there— and people will call it 'The Holy Way'. As for unclean people, they will not journey on it, but it will be for whomever is traveling on that Way— not even fools will get lost.

 

THIS IS THE HIGHWAY WE SHOULD TRAVEL

BUT THIS HIGHWAY NEEDS REPAIR

 

THERE ARE MANY SIDEROADS

PROMISING ATTRACTIONS

BUT THEY LEAD AWAY

 FROM THE ROAD

WE NEED TO REPAIR

AND TRAVEL

 

FOR THIS IS THE ONLY ROAD

THAT LEADS THROUGH THE CROSS TO EASTER

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE

TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD

EVERY LENTEN BYPASS LEADS BACK

 

WE ARE TASKED TO WALK IT

WHILE THERE IS STILL LIGHT

WE ARE ASKED TO NOT WALK ALONE

BUT TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS

BY EXAMPLE

 

FRANK A VOLLMER