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Finding Our Way Back by Dorothy Teague
I
was a big fan of the show “Touched By An Angel” back
and why we were sent here. To clarify, I’m not saying we
in the ’90s. There was one episode that really made a
aren’t saved anymore: just that we lose our way for a bit,
lasting impression on me. An angel was sent to earth on a
much like the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32). James 1:23-24
mission to help someone, as always, but in the process, she
says, “Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what
forgot she was an angel after taking on human form. She
it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror
got caught up in the trouble of the people she came to help.
and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately
When Tess and Monica, the two angels the series revolves
forgets what he looks like.” God’s Word is the mirror that
around, came to rescue the angel, they found her completely
we must look into daily so that we do not forget who we are
unaware of who she was. When they reminded her of where
in Christ. It is our road map to the way home, our eternal
she came from and that she was an angel (cue lighting
home, and a guidebook for how to maneuver this life. Our mission, as Christ’s followers, is to spread the Good News of who Jesus is and point others to Him. We can’t accomplish the mission if we aren’t saturating ourselves with His Word and then walking it out in our daily lives. I get bogged down by the cares of this life and all the baggage that comes with it. That’s when I need my Christian brothers and sisters to lift me up and point me back in the right direction. We all need each other to love and believe in us and to make us accountable for our actions.
and sound effects), Heaven’s light came beaming down
Our journey here on this Earth is certainly not a bed of
and illuminated the darkened surroundings as well as her
roses at times; that’s when we have to lean into Him, read
mind! She then said, “All this time, I forgot who I was and I
the Word of God more voraciously, and depend on our
couldn’t find my way back home.”
Christian family. We need to pray for and, at times, help
Isn’t that the way all of us have felt at one time or another? We jump off the path that the Lord has for our
each other find our way back to the right path and remind us who we are in Christ.
lives, and we become complacent about doing His will, ourselves to the pull of this life, forgetting our true mission
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About The Author
opting to do what we want instead. Before long, we “lose”
Dorothy Teague is a Tennessee native, who resides in McMinn County with her husband, Lewis, on their farm. After completing 31.5 years as a teacher in the Bradley County School System, she is active in her church at Eastanallee Baptist Church where she is a member of the choir and praise team.
