The Glory we haven't seen
Lots of windshield time today. I met up with the Regional Director for Youthworks and we headed to Mesa Verde National Park. For hundreds of years the Anasazi people lived an amazing life. They built structures that still stand nearly 1000 years later. They used primitive tools and the gifts and knowledge of the others in their tribe.
Later, I decided to take the drive to the Grand Canyon a day earlier, so I headed out in the afternoon across the Arizona desert. Almost all of that drive is across the Navajo Nation. Even the 4 corners! (Check out the pic). As a driving rain began to let up (yes, rain in the desert), the sun wasa setting below a mountain range at the edge of the Grand Canyon. A pretty sunset gave way to a sliver of a moon trying to peek out.
By the time I actully got into the Grand Canyon Park, it was pitch dark and raining. There was hardly another car on the road. I was in the dark, in the rain, and alone--at the Grand Canyon. Just a few feet to my right was one of the most glorious sites on the planet Earth, and I couldn't see it, yet. I would have to wait until the sunrise.
And then something occurred to me. I have met many people (youth and adults both) who were trying hard to make it down a long, difficult road in their lives. They were pushing ahead in the dark, in stormy weather, and trying to do it alone. They were struggling with things they didn't really have to deal with. They didn't bother to wait or even look to the one who can provide the light they are really looking for. And when that light is cast, the beauty is overwhelming. Christ is our light. Following Christ is not always easy, but we are called to live it with others. To shed that light into another's life. And that is why I am out here. To shed that light to others and to help youth do the same. May we not wait, but shed that light today. Then other we see His Glory, maybe for the first time.
Be what He has called you, Believe what He has told you, Become what He has for you
The Glory we haven't seen
Lots of windshield time today. I met up with the Regional Director for Youthworks and we headed to Mesa Verde National Park. For hundreds of years the Anasazi people lived an amazing life. They built structures that still stand nearly 1000 years later. They used primitive tools and the gifts and knowledge of the others in their tribe.
Later, I decided to take the drive to the Grand Canyon a day earlier, so I headed out in the afternoon across the Arizona desert. Almost all of that drive is across the Navajo Nation. Even the 4 corners! (Check out the pic). As a driving rain began to let up (yes, rain in the desert), the sun wasa setting below a mountain range at the edge of the Grand Canyon. A pretty sunset gave way to a sliver of a moon trying to peek out.
By the time I actully got into the Grand Canyon Park, it was pitch dark and raining. There was hardly another car on the road. I was in the dark, in the rain, and alone--at the Grand Canyon. Just a few feet to my right was one of the most glorious sites on the planet Earth, and I couldn't see it, yet. I would have to wait until the sunrise.
And then something occurred to me. I have met many people (youth and adults both) who were trying hard to make it down a long, difficult road in their lives. They were pushing ahead in the dark, in stormy weather, and trying to do it alone. They were struggling with things they didn't really have to deal with. They didn't bother to wait or even look to the one who can provide the light they are really looking for. And when that light is cast, the beauty is overwhelming. Christ is our light. Following Christ is not always easy, but we are called to live it with others. To shed that light into another's life. And that is why I am out here. To shed that light to others and to help youth do the same. May we not wait, but shed that light today. Then other we see His Glory, maybe for the first time.
Be what He has called you, Believe what He has told you, Become what He has for you
Lots of windshield time today. I met up with the Regional Director for Youthworks and we headed to Mesa Verde National Park. For hundreds of years the Anasazi people lived an amazing life. They built structures that still stand nearly 1000 years later. They used primitive tools and the gifts and knowledge of the others in their tribe.
2 comments:
AWESOME. I really appreciate your thoughts on the real meaning in our worldly circumstances. Praise God
Hey...I was driving home from Tuscaloosa on Tuesday night with Gran and Mass. Guess what...the same sliver of moon was shining over us. When we saw it, Gran said, "Uh oh, it's tipped over on its side. The rain's getting ready to spill out." Moral...before you go climbing down into the Grand Canyon, call Gran for the weather.
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