Devotional 12-4-08

Readings: Micah 2:1-13; Luke 15:24

Luke 19:10 "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."

Have you ever been to the Cornfield Maze in Milton, WV? I had always wanted to go, planned on going, but never got there or to any other, till this year.

I made the plans to get us in to the Maze. Us, being my 9 year old great nephew Alex and his friend Brandon, my sister Judy, my good friend Sharon, and myself. We arrived behind Milton Middle School and waited, like others, for the wagon to take us out to the cornfield. The ride out was fun, and Kim Cooper and all have quite a set up out there, with a concession stand and more.
We waited with unknown anticipation and then it came our turn. The corn was 'as high as an elephant's eye.’ We are not. The paths were well worn and bumpy to say the least. We also needed to watch for corn stalks and cobs on the ground. We got a paper with 10 questions to answer that would give us the direction to turn, left or right. Alex and Brandon begged to go on their own, but we begged them to stay with us; we needed their assistance. They ran along; we, being much older, plodded after. They would wait for us where the number for a clue was and we decided the answer and direction. Occasionally, we would run into another group, just as 'lost' as we were.

We went in around 6:30 PM and so was getting dark close to 7:30 PM. Did I think there would be lights of some sort? Yes. Were there? No. I had a little pen light and God provided us with a three quarter full moon, and that was all the light we had. Anyway, here we were, following the clues and Alex's instincts and LOST. We tramped around for so long, then used Judy's cell phone she had the foresight to stick in her pocket and the phone number Alex heard and remembered.

Soon, we heard a calling, LEWIS, LEWIS and we answered, HERE,HERE, until Kim Cooper found us. What a relief. We were SAVED. On our way home in the car, I said, "There must be a devotion here somewhere."

There is. How many times have I wandered, not knowing which way to turn and turned to God in prayer? How many times have I prayed, like that Oct. evening, to be found, and was? What a gift! What a blessing! Thank you, God, for Your saving Grace. Thank you for Your Son.
Will we go back again to the Corn Maze? Yes, but this time in the daylight and with flashlights just in case and with the belief that someone will rescue us even if we do not make all the correct turns. We know God and His Son are with us.

Kay Lewis