Faith

Well, my journey has taken me almost across this beautiful country of ours....I have spent the last two days in Salt Lake City, in training sessions as part of my new "adventure".....I don't know how many of you have ever made that flight, but watching from above, I couldn't help but notice just how different our nation really is....it made me smile to think of how much fun God must have had hand crafting all the hills and trees in Tennessee, then the flat lands of the midwest...then the striking mountains of the west....how imaginative He must have been, and thinking of us, as He created it....It also made me think of how I tend to get gridlocked into my own little "back yard, so to speak, and forget that there is truly a whole vast world out there. It made me start to reflect on how my faith tends to be like that as well....I tend to only "see" what is here today, in front of me at this moment, and loose focus on the fact that God does not operate like that. This day, this reality to Him, is just a tiny moment on His timeline....He sees me, and sees yesterday, today, and tomorrow....and wants me to grow in my faith to see the glimmers of what He knows is on my horizon for the "tomorrows". As we landed in Salt Lake, of course the breathtaking Rockies are what you see...they rise up around you with a power and a majesty, that is almost overwhelming. I couldn't help but think of one of my favorite bible verses, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord and the House of the God of Jacob, He will teach us His ways, and we will learn to walk in His paths."..Micah 4:2. As some of you know, I have been dreading this trip for weeks, I just didn't want to be away from my family, and didn't look forward to it...well, after I saw these mountains, and opened my heart to God, and asked Him to meet me here...meet me on these mountains, and show me His ways....after all, as I have said before, this is His journey for me...He knows my tomorrows, and knows the reason for me be being here..He did just that....I have had so much time by myself, in my room, able to study, and pray, and reflect, and well, just spend time with Him. Something I don't have alot of time to do....don't get me wrong, I have learned alot in my training sessions as well, but He really did meet me on these mountains, and it has been a special time, that I won't forget....He reminded me, as David, so wonderfully said, "Your love, O God, reaches to the Heavens, Your faithfulness reaches to the sky, Your righteousness is like a mighty mountain, your mercy flows like the ocean's tide", Psalm 36:6......And He gave me something to take down from these mountains, ....my faith is what gives me hope to see something better tomorrow, than we have today....without that faith, that ever growing, ever deepening faith, we will never see......I hope that the next time, He calls me to a "mountain", I remember that....and I am thankful, He is calling....and more importantly, I hope I remember, if He is calling me to that mountain, He has something to teach me, and He is, and always will be...waiting for me.....waiting for me to "look up" and see Him there.