Do you know where you are?

This is the driveway leading up to the back bush at Nana and Poppa's

We were having a great time. Beautiful surroundings, enjoying each other's company, feeling good about the activity - but slowly these things were gradually replaced with unfamiliar surroundings, getting on each others nerves, and wondering if we should have done this after all.

This was the experience we had when Dawson and I took a walk in the back bush on my Father-in-law's property. Dawson asked to go exploring so we left the familiar trail and made our way into "uncharted territory". Before long, I didn't recognize the area and wasn't exactly sure how to make our way home. Our tummies were rumbling as it neared dinner time and Dawson realized that we were going in circles! He said "Dad, are we lost?". Trying to put a slight spin on the situation I grinned and replied, "no Bug, we just don't know where we are!!!" After almost an hour stumbling and circling ourselves, we finally spotted the familiar trail (to my great relief!).

I'm wondering today, do you know where you are? Dawson's question made me think of the familiar christian terms that describe people who are followers of Christ and people who are not. Followers of Christ are often referred to as "Saved" while people who do not follow Christ are said to be "Lost". Problem is, "Lost" people often don't even realize their own dire situation! Before they get to a point of utter despair and realize that they truly are lost without Jesus in their life they might feel a slight dissatisfaction, a little something missing, or just general uneasiness in life. If you don't quite "know where you are" with God, I want you to know that you can! We can know where we stand before God and where we will spend eternity because God has promised that if we confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in our Heart that God raised him from the dead, we will be saved!

Don't wonder if you are lost - be sure of where you are...