A month or so ago my brother in Christ from the Kingdom of Fife ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟโAlan Kearns, at Devotional Treasure, shared a comment:
God knows the way into the woods, and He knows the way out.
Alan Kearns
My thoughts went straight to stories Iโve read about folk disappearing on day hikes in the Rocky Mountain Natl Park, of Colorado, U.S.A. Such tales usually donโt end well, as the person ventured out alone, or left a clearly marked trail, only to be swallowed up by the wilderness.
Life, even for a Christ-follower, feels this way sometimes. We wander into the metaphorical woods, or maybe the forest comes looking for us.
My pastor, a military chaplain, spoke one recent Sunday about soldiers being deployed on momentโs notice. Literally, theyโre barbequing in the backyard and the phone call comes: โYouโre leaving, for parts unknown, in thirty minutes.โ
This is military life. Yet such times send whole families into the woods at once.
Map and compass, please?
The tomb is still empty; heavenโs throne is still occupied.
CH (MAJ) McCarley
Kind reader, are you currently lost in the woods? My friend Alan, from Scotland, is rightโGod knows the way out. And those of us who arenโt directionally challenged, at present, must pray for those who areโfully knowing that the wilderness happens to everyone.
Thankfully, we know a Guyโฆ
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. Psalm 145:18 (ESV)
You hem me inโbehind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Psalm 139:5 (NIV)
Thank you for reading. ๐โค๏ธ prayers and love.
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