Am I on the Right Path?: Lessons from a Soul Hike

Ever traipse in a circle wondering, “Am I on the right path?”

I’m planning to hike a 14,000-foot mountain next summer. So to train, I started with a baby hike in a local preserve. The parallelogram-shaped trail map seemed simple enough.

Yet, on the actual path, the world looked different. There were multiple little offshoot trails I never saw when I studied the map. I stopped and stood at the first intersection.

Do I go straight? Am I on the right path?

I soldiered on climbing down around trees along the edge of a reservoir. I took some pictures for social media (of course). The dried, fallen oak leaves crackled pleasantly underfoot until the trail banked and I nearly slid off (I grabbed a tree for dear life!).

Eventually, I stopped paying attention to my surroundings because I worried I wasn’t headed in the correct direction.

Ever felt like that in life?

Sometimes we move forward with good intentions only to realize our actual course looks different than we imagined. Where we feel God leading us can seem obvious until we reach the first “intersection” which forces us to pause.

We wait for guidance from the Holy Spirit. Sometimes the answer is obvious, and sometimes it’s not. Do we move forward or do we proceed in a separate direction?

Other times the obstacles become the focus, and we get obsessed with “getting there.” We lose our focus on God during the journey.

Are you trapped in a circle?

I’ve developed 3 useful tips to help you determine if you’re on the right path. Click to see them in the original guest blog post! 

All of us feel lost at one point or another. The key is to keep refocusing on God. Through Him, we really are conquerors.

So head to the woods and enjoy the outdoors! Proceed on your path with a smile on your face.

And, hike with a buddy…just in case. 🙂

Love, K.