Taking a Look Back

I was standing there, looking out over the mountains and simply relishing at this amazing scenery. The view from the top was incredible, to be honest my words will never do it justice. I reflect back on my trip on Trek, it helps that it is glued in my mind and heart. I remember thinking the view was so cool, but then our focus shifted the where our high camp was. We were all looking far down through the valley to where we had hiked from that day. It was a very long way. I just think on how the reward is so amazing, yet what a battle to earn it. Loose rocks, steep grades, winding switchbacks, and plenty of tired people made for a struggle to the top of this skyscraping mountain. Yet I think of it and I smile, I smile at the wonderful adventure and how the entire time I knew what I was hiking for.

Our reward is great, but what about the journey? God calls us to live a life for him. Yes, the reward is great but I love to live my life. What a chance we have to do so many things, to suffer, to teach, to love, to learn, to simply live. All to the glory of Jesus Christ. I am convicted that Jesus should be a part of my every moment, every thing that happens. More radical maybe, but I feel so strongly about being able to discuss God and His Son in my everyday life. Unfortunately, that is uncomfortable to others and I may endure ridicule. Ridicule is merely loose rock, to which I prevail on my journey. He calls us to come follow him and the life of a disciple is a demanding one, we must lose our life so that we may save it. What an amazing paradox, by losing my life...I have found it. It's so true, this statement.

I sit here tonight, fully wrapped up in what God is all about. I want to learn more and more about who He is and what He has in store for me. I think he has amazing plans for everyone, it is just a matter of surrendering to his will and letting him fully consume you. I never will be able to explain to you the joy I feel in Christ Jesus. I simply cannot express to you in words the love that He has shown me. I pray that God will use me to share this, to go out into the world and preaching the good news. It is my prayer that people begin to relish in the journey, for the time is now. The adventure is ready and waiting for a passionate person to fully engulf themselves in it and start the life that they have been called to this very day. The journey is where the glory of the goal is found. To truly understand this glory, you must first experience the adventure.