Shtegu

The Path

Shteg Definitions

1. vend i hapur në një gardh, në një mur etj., për të kaluar në anën tjetër; udhëz këmbësore në mal a nëpër pyll; vend i ngushtë ku zënë pritë për të gjuajtur kafshët e egra ose për një vrasje: hap (zë) shtegun

1. an open place in a fence, a wall, etc., to cross to the other side; a pedestrian path in the mountains or through the forest; a narrow place where they lie in wait to hunt wild animals or for a murder: open (make) the path

2. kuptim i figurshëm; udhë e vështirë dhe e panjohur për të arritur diçka; mënyrë e stërholluar për të dalë nga një gjendje e vështirë, rrugëdalje: ia di shtegun (shtigjet) e di zgjidhjen

2. figurative meaning; difficult and unknown path to achieve something; elaborate way to get out of a difficult situation, way out: I know the path(s) and I know the solution

“The way that’s narrow is the way that’s good,”
It’s what you said, it’s what I understood, 
“The way that’s narrow is the only way to life.”

Yet as I continue up this narrow way 
I see the blood, I see the pain, 
You carried as your bore our strife. 

The narrow way through is you: 
The blood and water pouring from your side 
Is the price you paid to redeem your bride, 
The narrow way through is only you. 

So as we go, sift me, pull the wheat from the chaff, 
Keep me, Good Shepherd, with your rod and staff,
Teach me the justice of your mercy, the kindness of your wrath. 

Let your cruciform wisdom imbue the courage I lack, 
Make me holy as you are holy so I will not shrink back
From following you up this winding, narrow path. 

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“There is in every life a cup of suffering. Jesus Christ referred to His agony in the garden of Gethsemane and at Calvary as His cup. And had it not overflowed with His life poured out for men, we would have perished.” - A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23, p. 112

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shpirtin ma përtërin. Më udhëheq shtigjeve të drejta, në saje të emrit të tij.

he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

Psalm 23:3

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⁷ Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. ⁸ All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. ⁹ I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

John 10:7-10