LOST

Have you ever gotten lost? I am not talking about going the wrong way on the way to Grandma’s house, nor when your mom left you in the toy section at Wal-Mart and then told you to stay put, but you decided to wander around. I’m talking about wet your pants…break out in a cold sweat…heart stuck in your throat…lost.

Have you ever gotten lost like that…I have. When I was in the seventh grade my family…grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins…all went to Buena Vista, Colorado for a week of fishing, hiking and relaxing in the Rocky Mountains. Just down the road on the way to the ghost town St. Elmo is a place where the Colorado Trail intersects with the county road. It is a good place to stop. A cold mountain stream runs parallel to the road. There are lots of trees. It is a nice place to stop for a picnic.

We decided to hike a little of the Colorado trail. We crossed the stream on a footbridge then hiked across the valley up on a mountain on the other side. My parents headed back and my brother, uncle and I continued on a little longer.

After climbing up the mountain a little ways, we decided to turn back and head for the car. Now back then everything was a competition, I decided I was going to beat everyone back to the car. So I took off at a run heading down the mountain.

Now somehow on the way back I missed the trail. Instead of stopping to find it, I kept going thinking that I would eventually intersect it somewhere. I didn’t. I don’t know if you have ever been in the mountains before, but it gets dark early, and with the darkness it gets chilly.

So there I was, a young teenager lost in the Colorado Mountains. It was getting dark and cold and there was only one thing I could think of…HELP…MOMMY!!!! I thought I knew where I was going. Boy, was I wrong.

If you were to ask Jenn she would tell you I have a tendency to get misplaced. I never get lost, there are just sometimes I don’t know where I am. I am a typical male, I don’t usually ask for directions. I figure I will find my way eventually.

The book of Proverbs talks about that, a proverb is a wise saying, and piece of good advice we should listen to.

Proverbs 14:12—there is a way that seems right to a man but in the end in leads to death.

We may think we know where we are going or how to live our life right but if not careful we will end up getting lost. That is why God has given us his word, the Bible. The Bible is God’s road map for our lives.

So over the next several weeks I want to take a closer look at this road map.

By the way, I did get found!