Better Than Breadcrumbs

A tiny hand pats

the pages of

an open Bible

laying there:

"Daddy, what’s this?"

A youthful thumb searches eagerly for just the place where it says The Book of...: "Look, my name’s in here!"

A stronger hand holds the Bible up and open wide so as to read aloud: "Thus says, the Word of God."

A weathered finger bent and knobby points to the words as eyes follow along: "Basic instructions before leaving earth."*

Better than breadcrumbs, thank you for directions to get back home.

John 14:2-3