Hello, thank you so much for joining me today for Give Him 15.

And I want to say, as I have been at the beginning of this post, I will be leading us in communion at the end of today's post.

If possible, pause your recording, if you haven't already, get some juice or

wine and bread and prepare to join me at the end. Remember, communion is more than remembering

and honoring. It is a declaration of the release of and celebration of victory.

The title of today's post is, Take Me to the Cross.

Most of us have been lost on occasion.

I have. Well, not really lost. I'm a man, you understand. We don't get lost.

We drive around for hours simply because we like to take the scenic route.

We're sightseeing.

After a few hours, we stopped to use the restroom

and very discreetly check with someone to confirm that we're not really lost.

Yep, right on target, we declare to our passengers. All we do is, the most I've not really been lost is 90 miles. I recall a time I wasn't really lost in a Colorado forest.

I was hunting in an area that was new to me.

We arrived at our cabin late in the afternoon and I decided to take advantage of the last couple of hours of daylight.

I'll just go scout around a little, I thought. This will give me a slight advantage in the

morning. And who knows, I might even get lucky and see an elk. Better take my gun. I scouted 20 minutes too long. This meant a lengthy walk back

to the cabin in the dark. No problem. I had my flashlight, compass, survival gear. I wasn't scared.

That's why I whistled and hummed as I walked. I always whistle and hum in the woods at night when I'm not really lost and not really scared.

Somewhere along the trail, I missed a turn.

Things look different when going in the opposite direction, especially in the dark.

Nothing jumpstarts the imagination like being alone and lost, well, not really lost, in a dark, unknown woods filled with bears, mountain lions, and saskatches. Creatures I don't even believe in live in unknown woods at night. Not that I was scared,

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