I was in Gloucester on Sunday and went with my in-laws to their local church, the lectionary reading for this week was Isaiah 40: 1-10 and included:
A voice cries out: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God."
The vicar started talking about the straight path and from that moment on I was lost as I had these lyrics from Spiritualized going around and around in my head:
The trouble with the straight and the narrow
Is its so thin, I keep sliding off to the side
And the devil makes good use of these hands of mine
And if jesus is the straight path that saves
Then I'm condemned to live my whole life on the curb
On the crossroad to the devil, I'll dwell and I'll count my years
You know that I got a little something I should say
I guess that I'm just so easily led astray
It's alright because I know my own way back home from here
And I don't fall of the wagon you know
I take a dive and go as deep as I can go
Don't hold your breath because I'm coming up slow, this time.
And The trouble with the straight and the narrow
Is its so thin, I keep sliding off to the side
And the devil makes good use of these hands of mine
You know a little problem or two
I guess that I keep on taking a few
I've been told its not the best thing that I can do, right now
And I don't go looking for my sins you know
They come out waiting, and I just get on and go
Don't hold your breath because I'm coming up slow this time
