April 18, 2012
It's been a week and a half since my return from Africa.. I have lots to share, but I haven't felt led to share any writing just yet, until today, and what I felt led to share was not about Africa. Soon, I hope...
Driving from Salida to BV last night, I became so thankful for the beauty I call home. The collegiate mountains - more 14,000ft peaks to keep any one man busy exploring for three lifetimes. Beautiful... I got to thinking how lovely it was that in scripture, God time after time tells his people that He cannot be found in the temple, in man-made creations.. His glory is not to be bound, and the path to his heights it says are not of stone shaped by man. It's what's in my backyard, God's temple.. it's all around :)
And so... in relatively modern human history, the world has become extremely small. The globe was not complete until only just over 500 years ago... but it has not been until inventions like the airplane and BlueRay discs that we've had the ease of which to travel and experience first hand the glory of all beauty which exists throughout the whole earth... or, for those not so fortunate/interested, modern technology has also allowed us to sit in our lounger and watch programs like planet earth, or the human planet (my favorite)... minds being blown everywhere...
We have the privilege of experiencing the globe in ways humans have (relatively) never been able... with this great understanding comes great worship... worship as unique to the individual as their fingerprint... each connecting in a different way...
We know what is out there...
And this is the God I worship. This is the temple I stand before. All created things truly bearing witness to the unfathomable greatness of its creator... This God, is God of all.
For those struggling to open themselves up to a specific religion... at least allow your soul the opportunity to open itself up to this God... and the God of your understanding will begin to reveal Himself in your life.
And with this, it's my warmest belief - your soul now open to the God which takes your breath away through nature, the universe, the eyeball etc.. - that the courier of the Holy Spirit, Jesus, will meet you on that journey, and reveal His pure love to you. And if not in this life.... in the passing.. (lots lots here to discuss theologically... it's my hearts conclusion)... and "mercy triumphs over judgement"... So at the very least, open yourself up to God, the engineer behind it all, and you will be given eyes for eternity, and it will change your life... it'll change everything.
See... Jesus came to give those who had hearts desirous of oneness with their maker, freedom. The gift of the Spirit...
This is my belief, it is also my experience...
This love affair really started for me (on my early twenties journey) with the opening of myself up to the God who created all my eyes were being blessed to experience...
And everything changed... so the journey continues, living each day a day in eternity...
Consider this God :)
Be well friends!!
