Getting Found

When did you discover you were lost?

Maybe you weren't lost, just wanting to lose yourself for a few quiet minutes. To find a lonely spot and immerse yourself in its solitude.

The cares of life can be worrisome. We can have the tendency to view the past as a more carefree time. For instance 'people of the 1800s had a more simple life than we do in the 2019'.

Being more elemental isn't the same as being less worrisome. They still had to put food on the table, clothes on the body, and in some fashion interact with society around them.

But we connect more elemental to more simple. Yes, simply put, if you have a bad day hunting your table might be a bit less full, but you do know why and what the solution is.

I confess I've never read any 'Amish' fiction. I also confess I've wondered if those who write Amish know anything about being Amish.

That being confessed, I think the fascination with the Amish is because most people see that lifestyle to be more simple, more elemental and quiet.

Many of us that must live and compete in the common world that we live in are tired of the stressed out battle for survival against an unknown, faceless foe. We feel like we are wandering in a wilderness of technology—a wilderness of woe.

If you look at a physical map you can literally see how to get from point A to point B. You can compute literal distance, literal time, literal mileage, etcetera.

How be it, there is more than one way to be lost. We can be lost in our thoughts, lost in our work, lost in our world, or lost from our God.

There is a solution to all of these losts. They all involve coming back. And many feel that need to come back. Many feel the need to simplify, to slow down, to get back to things that are worthy. Get back to things that are valuable to our time and our lives.

As the saying goes, "In the end if you don't choose God, it won't make any difference what else you have chosen."

Luke 9:20 "And he said unto them, But who say ye that I am? And Peter answering said, The Christ of God. 21) But he charged them, and commanded them to tell this to no man; 22 ) saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up. 23) And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24) For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25) For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self? 26) For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in his own glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels."