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| aushpog (profile) wrote, on 7-3-2004 at 10:11pm | |
| Current mood: messy Music: the sound of my brain spinning Subject: BACK HOME ... |
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| wow - i just got back from a two-week long trip, and i'm just ... wooped, i guess. my parents were starting to go crazy by the end of the trip, and everything was so tense. we all just blew up the last night, went completely haywire ... won't say details on that, everybody said sorry and i hope we're all on good terms. god showed me so much - there was so much of him in his creations, his beauty and love. i wrote down a lot of things that reminded me of him, and i'll type the few that i remember. we stopped by the side of the road in yellowstone to see a bunch of antelope having a little meal on the grass across the road. i stepped out of the car as my dad videotaped and i was lured by this beautiful, simple little creek that flowed so smoothly that it reminded me of god's people: i'd seen the roaring rapids, the rushing waters, and then the streaming ones. i asked god, where are they going? what are they in such a hurry for? those rapids are the rushy people, all religion and no god. they pass life by without stopping to listen to what god has to say - they follow the crowd and keep going just as fast despite all the rocks in the way. they stumble over their problems and try to get through them rather than see what god is trying to say through their messes. the quick streams are the medium ones - the half-and-half. they go just fast enough to get half of god and half of what they want. a win-win situation, right? nope, sorry. but then there are the steady waters, the ones that take their time. god likes those ones. those steady ones devour every single one of god's lessons - so much that they might dry up. and to the world, or in this case, the tourists and passersby, it's all just an ugly line in the crusty dirt, where water used to be, while those rapids are gorgeous. (keep in mind that this is symbolic - i'm not trying to say that waterfalls are ugly and self-centered) it's always the worldly people that are the cool ones, right? they're the ones too fast and too cool for god, while those little streams are itching to dry up - to devour god's word, truth, and love. but i realized the whole stream analogy wasn't 100% right. you know how all those rapids and streams all lead to the ocean? all people lead to god in the end - it all boils down to him when life is over. but rapids and streams go to the ocean and stay there. not all people stay with god. so sorry, mr. good person. sorry, mr. deeds-without-faith. sorry, mr. too-fast, too-cool. you thought you were good without the bible, god's holy word; you thought if you kept quiet, you'd be good. better yet, you thought god would be nice and soft and quiet about it. i'm dearly sorry - what pleases your comfort is not what pleases god's will. love in christ, au†umn |
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xXBlazeXx | 07-04-04 5:13pm That was inspiring. |