We are not Scouts. My husband's was not a Scout, my boys are not Scouts. They each have many friends who are and there is a brother in law in the family who is, but he's not blood related, so we can't even claim some of the Scout DNA. The only reason I say this is to make sure it is known that I don't know the rules and regulations, I have no idea of the requirements that have to be met to move up the ladder, and I am sure I only understand just a smidge of the hard work it all entails. However, as lovers of the outdoors and all the beauty it can hold, there are two sayings the Scouts are known for that I, that we, can relate to and apply to much more of life than the act of communing with nature.

The Christian walk is a various path of loops, dead ends, walls to climb over, pits to fall in, huge hills to traverse, and yes the occasional straightaway where things seem to be going ok. Once a lesson is learned, it's not always learned for good. It might seem familiar the next time it comes around, but we are hard-headed at times and forgetful at others which means inevitably we must learn things a thousand times over.