I was here....

Psalm 16:11

You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

I live in Chicago and only get to go home about once a year.  I've been gone for over 20 years but I still get homesick and can't wait to smell the salty east coast air! As soon as we land in eastern Maine and drive towards my home just across the border in New Brunswick, Canada I start seeing inukshuks lovingly placed all over the sides of the roads, in the deep rocky ditches or high up on the cliffs that engulf the highway. I love spotting them...and I look for them.   The nostalgic feelings set in and I get excited about being close to home. Over the past couple of decades it seems the maritimers have loved to make these inukshuks all over the place. My mother has made a few on her property and any rocky beach I go to I like to build one of my own. They were initially made by the Inuits up in northern Canada as a way of communication and survival. Using large or small stones they would build a structure that would say without words... "I was here" or "you are on the right path".   We all seem to want to leave our mark. 

God has provided us with a multitude of "inukshuks" showing us the right path everyday. If I wasn't paying attention on my road trip home...if I wasn't looking for them, I would probably miss those lovingly placed rock formations as we speed by.  How often has God placed his reminders right in front of us that we just didn't notice? Maybe we weren't looking for them. Was it a person, a song, a verse sent your way or even a whisper ignored?  Maybe we were so busy speeding through life that we missed those reminders from God.   God makes if very clear that He has a perfect path already set before us. He knows exactly where we need to go. He gives us a perfect guide...the bible as our map to show us how to stay on that "right path".  Daily, He stamps his presence on our heart with an "I am here!"  Jesus left a mark on my heart...with His grace and love...and has enabled me to spread His love and to get people to join His path.  Those inukshuks remind me of God...and how he shows me He is here with me.