The Maze of Life

Wow -- it's been a while since I posted to this blog. Times have been crazy, and I just haven't found the time.

Every year, when autumn approaches and corn mazes are being advertised, I always think "How fun! We should go!" Most years it doesn't happen. But when it does, I seem to all of the sudden remember that I really don't like being in a large maze, lost, and not knowing where to go.

Well, this year, my excitement came again, and we went to a corn maze as a family last week. This farm had a large maze, but since we have two kids, we spent our time in the kiddy section. They had a small maze in there. But this maze was different than any others I'd been to. Because it was designed for kids, this maze had signs posted throughout, telling you which way to go. I actually had fun! I enjoyed going, because I didn't spend hours walking around, lost and tired. And when I thought about it, I decided it would also be fun to go to a maze with a map of the maze in hand -- so you could navigate your way through. I enjoy navigating, so this sounds way fun to me!

So it is with life. Life is hard when you don't have directions or signs telling you which way to go. So many wander around their entire lives -- not making any progress and feeling lost most of the time. I am SO grateful that I have the gospel in my life. I am grateful for the scriptures, prayer, and our latter-day prophets. They are all sources of our "directions". If we listen to the prophets, read our scriptures, and listen to the answers to our prayers, we will be directed in this life and we will be able to find our way through. Yes, there will be times we may feel lost. But, if, in those times, we turn to what we know, we can find the right path once again.