If one becomes lost in a wilderness area, the picture may be one of desperation, emptiness, and loneliness. On the other hand, one may find previously untapped resources: fortitude, endurance, and hope.
Most people don't have to face the challenge of survival in the wilderness, but at times many of us have to work our way out of long, difficult struggles. Often these hard times force us to turn to God for help. We may need to do much mental searching before an answer to our problem becomes apparent. Sometimes, wrapped up in the minutiae of circumstances, we fail to recognize the progress we are making.
We may wonder why we seem to have to go through a long trial. In reality, we are never lost, never out of harmony with God. Nothing can separate us from Him or take away our health, home, supply, or activity, because these are actually spiritual. But the truth must become clear to us in order for us to overcome the suggestions that would at times seem to isolate us from good.
