Driving down the highway in...
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Driving down the highway in northern Saskatchewan toward the town of Nai-cam, one can see a cross, outlined in red on a local church steeple. This cross can be seen for several miles from the south due to the flatness of the prairie terrain.
One winter night, a sudden blizzard sprang up. Whiteout conditions made driving next to impossible. Drivers caught on the road crept down the highway guided only by long grasses on the side of the road -- and the red cross that somehow shone through the white blowing snow, showing people that safety was close at hand.
At coffee row the next morning, one old gent who was out on the roads in the storm proclaimed, "I don't believe in God much. But when I saw that cross, I knew he was up there guiding me home."
I don't think this is what Jesus had in mind when he said, "When I am high and lifted up I will draw all unto me." But as we walk down the path of life, it is the cross that guides us forward, leading us step-by-step closer to home.
One winter night, a sudden blizzard sprang up. Whiteout conditions made driving next to impossible. Drivers caught on the road crept down the highway guided only by long grasses on the side of the road -- and the red cross that somehow shone through the white blowing snow, showing people that safety was close at hand.
At coffee row the next morning, one old gent who was out on the roads in the storm proclaimed, "I don't believe in God much. But when I saw that cross, I knew he was up there guiding me home."
I don't think this is what Jesus had in mind when he said, "When I am high and lifted up I will draw all unto me." But as we walk down the path of life, it is the cross that guides us forward, leading us step-by-step closer to home.
