Help, I am Lost and My Child Needs Me!!

Last Thursday Kody went to Youth Conference which was held at the Stake Center in Maple Valley. Friday afternoon I received a text from him saying he did not feel well but would tough it out. Finally a few hours later said he felt worse and asked me to come and get him. I jumped in the car, having never been to Maple Valley wrote down the address to the church and had Kayla punch it into the GPS. It took us the back way. As we were driving all appeared to be going fine. It seemed that we were passing the right places. When the GPS finally said "you have reached your destination" it was down a tiny dirt private road. Not my destination!! The GPS would not let us add Place to the address. Kayla could see my frustration and kept a cool head..thank goodness. She then had it take us to a restaurant in Maple Valley. After it took us forward 12 miles and then back the same 12 miles (somehow we ended up in North Bend). We thought we would never find it. I was totally lost! Finally Kody called and a nice gentleman got on the phone and calmly walked me through the directions. After only 2 1/2 hours we arrived at the Stake Center. The good news is Kody was not deathly ill. He actually thought my being lost was funny. He thought maybe he had the flu but it turned out to be Heat Exhaustion. The way home was a piece of cake. It turns out I had come so close but somewhere near my destination had taken a wrong turn.
I was thinking about how this really relates to life. We can come so close to getting back to Heavenly Father but with one wrong choice can be lead so far off the path. We may feel like we have no idea where we are or how to get back on the path. The good news is that we have everything in place, that we can be given the directions (calmly) to bring us right back where we need to be. It is a very comforting thought.