Pee Wee Herman.
Remember him? When I think of Pee Wee, I envision his trademark grey suit and his trusty word-of-the-day machine. But that's just me. I think Pee Wee was really on to something with that word-of-the-day idea. In fact, I've come to discover that the Holy Spirit will impress certain words or phrases on my heart at different times not unlike Pee Wee's signature contraption.
These days, that word has been: journey. I have been thinking a lot about this and am convinced that God is not concerned so much with the destination as much as He is about the journey. Step by step He leads us in our individual adventures. Time and again throughout the Bible God makes Himself known as a Shepherd leading His sheep. "He leads me beside quiet waters…He guides me in paths of righteousness," King David writes.
Consider the Israelites; while God was completely capable of sending a whirlwind to sweep them up and land them safe and sound in the Promised Land we see that He led them across the Red Sea and ultimately through the desert for 40 years. Elijah spent 40 days and 40 nights fleeing before he reached Mount Horeb and encountered God in a powerful way. The flood did not happen instantaneously; rather, God had Noah and his family in the ark for over a month.
I was recently discussing this idea of "journey-ing" with a High School girl named Bethany. We'd gone to Nurnberg for the day to shop with money we didn't have and in between dialogues on fashion preferences- life, relationships, and our futures were the main topics of conversation; specifically the idea of "ending up" somewhere. As if one day we will reach an ideal situation in an ideal location with our ideal circumstances. We agreed that this concept is not reality- and any ersatz of such a life was not for us.
When I asked Bethany what her aspirations were in life, she thought about it for only a second before replying, "To find love." The implication was that of the opposite sex in a committed relationship but I cannot help but pray that her eyes are opened to the romance that began long before she knew the meaning of the word. The romance that surrounds her and that beckons her every day of her journey. In walking step by step in my own journey, I am presently prayerfully considering staying on staff with Young Life in Europe. Would you please pray for direction for me as well as for confirmation if this is what I should do? I would love to hear any of your thoughts as well as the latest and greatest in your life. With love,Chey
Remember him? When I think of Pee Wee, I envision his trademark grey suit and his trusty word-of-the-day machine. But that's just me. I think Pee Wee was really on to something with that word-of-the-day idea. In fact, I've come to discover that the Holy Spirit will impress certain words or phrases on my heart at different times not unlike Pee Wee's signature contraption.
These days, that word has been: journey. I have been thinking a lot about this and am convinced that God is not concerned so much with the destination as much as He is about the journey. Step by step He leads us in our individual adventures. Time and again throughout the Bible God makes Himself known as a Shepherd leading His sheep. "He leads me beside quiet waters…He guides me in paths of righteousness," King David writes.
Consider the Israelites; while God was completely capable of sending a whirlwind to sweep them up and land them safe and sound in the Promised Land we see that He led them across the Red Sea and ultimately through the desert for 40 years. Elijah spent 40 days and 40 nights fleeing before he reached Mount Horeb and encountered God in a powerful way. The flood did not happen instantaneously; rather, God had Noah and his family in the ark for over a month.
I was recently discussing this idea of "journey-ing" with a High School girl named Bethany. We'd gone to Nurnberg for the day to shop with money we didn't have and in between dialogues on fashion preferences- life, relationships, and our futures were the main topics of conversation; specifically the idea of "ending up" somewhere. As if one day we will reach an ideal situation in an ideal location with our ideal circumstances. We agreed that this concept is not reality- and any ersatz of such a life was not for us.
When I asked Bethany what her aspirations were in life, she thought about it for only a second before replying, "To find love." The implication was that of the opposite sex in a committed relationship but I cannot help but pray that her eyes are opened to the romance that began long before she knew the meaning of the word. The romance that surrounds her and that beckons her every day of her journey. In walking step by step in my own journey, I am presently prayerfully considering staying on staff with Young Life in Europe. Would you please pray for direction for me as well as for confirmation if this is what I should do? I would love to hear any of your thoughts as well as the latest and greatest in your life. With love,Chey
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