LOST

 

I am musing about....

LOST

 

We were making good time. Bluffton and our daughter and her family's home was drawing nearer with each traversed mile! Good thing. It was late. It was dark and we were tired.

Route 124 from Peru to Bluffton can be somewhat challenging. The first trek is winding with sharp curves and angles. Once it straightens out...it is stop sign after stop sign! But the biggest frustration are the never ending detours. You would think by now that road would be in tip top shape! We get out pretty often, and it seems like you never know when or where that detour sign will pop up, but you can pretty well bet on it (if we bet:), that one will. So, we turn. We try to read the sign to get an idea of how far parallel we need to go with 124 before we can head back and hope we missed the construction area. 

But this is the main problem! There are no signs! Once you turn, the route is unclearly marked. Well....not marked. Or so has been our experience most of the time!

Have you ever tried meandering through unfamiliar country roads at night? Roads that become gravel, or go at an angle or end of winding through a wooded area? It seems we have done it all. Believe me...it is no fun!

You feel frustrated, challenged, confused (even though you know the general direction you are heading) and well....lost. Kind of. 

If only there were signs, telling us where to go! It would be a clear different experience. It would create a sense of well being and peace. Although no one likes delays, if we are confident that we are still "on the right track" it makes all the difference.

And so it is in our spiritual walk.

What would we do without God's Word, our road map, to help us navigate life's pathway.

I shared this story with a friend who has recently surrendered her life to Jesus. When I shared about how I felt while we meandered through the dark, unknown roads, she related that that is how she felt before she came to Jesus. Frustrated, aimless, lost.

How thankful we are that we have been...

FOUND!  

And for our Finder's Holy Word to help keeping us from being.....

Lost!

“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.  And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ Luke 15:4-6