What are you waiting for??

Denver, CO l 03.10.08

There is something about the raw wilderness that calls to me. Its always been this way. When I was a boy growing up in Montana - where the vast, monstrous, and untamed Rocky Mountains were my playground - this thing has been inside me. It was birthed when I was 10 years old on those epic exploration hikes in dense forests loaded with Elk, across snowmelt steams, and to the highest peaks I could find. With each new and daily adventure beginning with the last school bus stop on the afternoon route to my house …I only had one goal and thought in my mind. I had to go farther than yesterdays journey. It was just an instinct. It was a challenge. I always thought there must be some new undiscovered territory out there that no one has experienced and I’m going to be the one to discover it first! Thank God that my parents had enough wisdom to withhold any boundaries as a kid for how far I could hike, climb or run. I suppose they knew that at some point along the way, I would get hungry and come home for dinner. There is not one single time it didnt work…I always did!

But every time I come back to these Mountains and the “backbone to our nation” as they call it….and escape from the massive concrete Dallas suburbs…I feel this call pull stronger and my heart beat faster. When I take one deep long look at the snowcapped mountains, get in the middle of the woods, and breathe in the fresh crisp air…something changes inside of me. I suddenly feel God rush all over me and FRESH LIFE come to my hectic and complicated world again!! Its like I come ALIVE again in an instant and destiny floods my thoughts. I’ve always wondered if I was just born a tree hugger, a nature freak, or why I still dream of these boyish adventures now at 24 years of age…and I’ve finally realized that this stirring in my heart is simply GOD. He is revealing Himself to me and has been since I was a boy.

I look out at this vast and gorgeous wilderness full of promise and danger and it reminds me of who God is. It reveals the traits of this Being that I am in deep devotion to and have given all that I am to. He is untamed, wild, free, unpredictable, and exhilarating. Life with Him is a journey and an adventure. There is NEVER a dull moment or time when we have it all figured out. With every single day, year, and breath our goal is go farther than the last. Its a challenge. There is a reward. And climbing to the top is worth it. He calls to us to go and seek. He beckons us to risk it all in search of the deepest parts of Him no mortal has yet visited.

NEVER MISS OUT ON THIS GREAT ADVENTURE INTO THE UNKNOWN!!

GET OFF YOUR COMPUTER, PUT AWAY YOUR PHONE, TAKE A DAY OFF YOUR BUSY JOB AND LIFE, AND GO OUT IN NATURE AND REMIND YOURSELF OF WHO HE IS AGAIN. THE REMINDER IS ALL AROUND US. BREATHE IN THE FRESH AIR. MEDITATE ON THE MYSTERY OF HIM. BE CONSUMED WITH THE GLORY, WILDNESS, AND VASTNESS OF WHO HE IS.

It will cause you to forget your petty issues, make the most of your fragile little life, and love HIM and others deeper!

What are you waiting for??

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_sean