Cairn-a spiritual marker through life

On Sunday  I learned from my pastor about how a cairn is a trail marker that experienced hikers will leave so others will not get lost and will know how to get on the right path.  He talked about how we have life groups and how life groups are helping us to get on the right path in life.  I’m thankful to have a pastor who encourages us to read the word of God and to grow deeper in our walk with Christ.  I’m thankful that he sees the role of community in that and helps us to see it also.  I’m thankful for my Sunday School teacher Clark Vangilder and his wife Gia and how they make me feel welcome and challenge me in my walk with God and help me to learn about the Bible.  
Satan tries to make me feel like I am a failure but I am thankful that God reminds me who I am and who I belong to.  I’m thankful for the things in my life that I can look at and know that it is a result of God and that  it couldn’t have happened any other way.  People may look to science instead of faith and say there’s no proof Jesus exists but all they have to do is look at their life and they will see what God has done and they will see Jesus.  It’s easy to be self focused and to think about ourself and our own desires more than anything else but we need to remember that we are to die to self every day.  Our desires and ourselves are not what really matters.  It is God and bringing glory to His Name.  It is others and pointing others to Christ.  No matter how hard it is may we never forget it.  




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