Guest post by Sally Cressman @SCressman
My husband and I hiked the trails of Acadia National Park in Maine a few years back. We’d walked in national parks before, but this was the first time we’d encountered cairns (pronounced kerns). Cairns are stones stacked by previous hikers to mark the trail route. As Drew and I are prone to getting lost, we rejoiced and continued confidently whenever we located one. We were on the right path.
Cairns are biblical. God told Joshua to remove twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan River and place them on shore (Joshua 4). The stack of rocks marked the physical evidence of God’s power and a testimony of His faithfulness.
As writers, we need cairns in our lives too. In this ebb and flow of writing, discouraging seasons can drag on. We can get stuck on that one manuscript, glance at another writer and grow jealous, or navigate the journey alone for too long.
