LOST...

Many years ago, while we were still dating; Leigh-Ann and I decided to hike up a mountain in New Hampshire.  We found the trail and headed up. After hiking through trees and around creeks we started to get into rockier terrain. There were a few others coming down as we went up…encouraging us that the view was totally worth it.

And it was…breathtaking. God is immense and powerful!

Since we were running later than anticipated, we decided to head down fast.

Within a few minutes, Leigh-Ann said, “This doesn’t look familiar.”  I responded, “You were probably busy admiring my skill at navigating the rocks on the way up…we’ll be fine.”  A few more minutes passed…“this still doesn’t look right.”

I responded, “Trust me; I know where we’re going.”

Several more minutes passed, the trail had ended and we were fighting through branches and tripping over rocks and she said, “I think we better turn around.”  I responded quickly to communicate my confidence, “I’m sure that this trail will meet up with our original trail soon…at least we’re headed down.”

We were lost…and it didn’t feel good at all and… it was totally my fault!

There was a point when I got worried we would run out of daylight…however, after hours of traipsing all over the mountain, we finally came to a creek and followed it out to a dirt road and within minutes we were able to flag down a car coming in our direction.  The lady (who by the way knew where she was going) agreed to drive us nearly ten miles to our car.

Thanks to my lack of direction, we walked down the opposite side of the mountain.  I will admit that after a few hours, I began to get pretty nervous.  When the sun began to drop, I was flat-out scared.  The feeling of being lost is indescribably painful.

This Sunday, we continue our sermon series, “Jesus the storyteller” and will study from Luke 15:11-32, the story of the Prodigal Son. Jesus told this story to two types of people, sinners and tax collectors and also Pharisees and Scribes. They were all lost. The sinners were looking for a way out through self-fulfillment and the religious were looking for a way out through moral conformity.

We will discover, the only way out is through the Father. There is so much more to share, but you have to come on Sunday.

I hope to see you after Springing your clocks ahead on Sunday at 8:00, 9:15 (Full KidCity available), or 10:45 am, or you can watch the Livestream on YouTube (Like and Subscribe) or Facebook at 9:15 am. Additionally, we are also publishing our sermons on Spotify.

Have a great evening,
Troy