The Maze

Two weeks ago, we took a group of lively teenagers to the "Great Godfrey Corn Maze." It was my first experience to walk through a corn maze (at least on purpose!). Although the Godfrey Maze is not extremely large, I wondered if I would be the one to get lost (especially since I have a pretty long history of losing my way!).

But above our little maze, there was a wooden tower, where a young man sat watching for lost travelers. Each of our teams was given a flag with an orange pennant to wave if we needed extra help. In fact, rumor has it that the boys' team even sought his guidance during our competition to get through the maze the fastest!

Life can feel like a pretty confusing maze sometimes. Paul describes the feeling of trials and choices crashing around us this way: "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are preplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed . . . While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." (II Cor. 4:8 - 18, excerpts)

The corn stalks that disoriented me a few weeks ago will shortly be torn down. The worrisome bank statements; painful rejections; troubling health conditions; political turmoil; fatigue and weariness: They will soon be torn down! So keep your eyes on your Friend in the tower. Don't be shy to ask for wisdom and help getting through the maze of trials and choices life brings. And never forget: This world is not our final home.