Being watchful and alert

In the bible it talks about being watchful and alert to the schemes of the enemy, we learned today that it is important to also be watchful and alert when hiking in the forest!

Before lunch we decided to take a hike and for most of the time we were following a trail that looked like many hikers had traveled time and again. For those of you who know Dave Cicileo this was just not exciting enough. So after about 45 mins of the amazing, safe, low-risk trail it was time for a little more adventure. Next thing I know, we are following our mighty leader up a trail that he is carving out up the hill. Not to far into this little adventure we happen upon some scat (poop, big poop at that), we all stop to examine it and then agree that it belonged to a bear (a big bear at that!). As we continue up the mountain I'm thinking that looks pretty dang fresh and about that time our fearless leader shushes us, looks around, grabs Hannah under his arm, and starts leading us swiftly back down the mountain all within one fluid movement. Instead of getting back on the trail we head straight down past the trail and end up out in the open on the beach of the lake still in silence. After walking a few feet on the rocky beach we all let out a sigh and Hannah says "I have to go pee," she had no clue what just happened!

After talking it out Dave said he saw more poop after the first and also noticed the freshness of it. Once he got thinking about it, he heard noises that alerted him and as he looked around he saw that much of the brush was laid down on the forest floor which is a sign of a bear rolling around. Quickly these things flashed through his mind and off we went!

Praise you Lord that your word applies to every area of our life!