Among the many images which the New Testament writers use to describe discipleship, that is the life of Jesus' followers, one of the images which speaks to me most is that the life of a disciple is a journey. It is actually the image behind Jesus' call of his first disciples: 'Come, follow me'. The image of 'the journey of discipleship'appeals to me, first of all because journeying is so much part of our human experience. It means discipleship, like a journey is in some way an adventure, and I take to the that road, not knowing with certainty what tomorrow is going to be, not knowing either where I will be at the end of each day, yet never losing sight of where I am expected to go. And so I have to take each day as it comes, and make the most of it. The ideal is, of course, to keep on walking, 'straining ahead..., racing for the finish', as Paul puts it (Philippians 3:13-14).