A Stumbler's Walk | MOUNTAINS

The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. - Romans 13:12

Now is the time to live our faith. Today. We cannot live it tomorrow. Today is what we have. 

The successes and failures of yesterday(s) are past. They cannot carry us today. They cannot paralyze us today (unless we give them that unearned power.

The Christian life is often referred to as a "walk." That is appropriate. As I write, I am 35,000 feet above mountains, traveling at 500 miles per hour. I began in one time zone, one climate, and will touch down in completely different ones; all within the space of a couple hours.

We are miles above mountains. And though the view passing the small window is beautiful, I am not experiencing the mountains. I am not climbing on a trail with near burning lungs, exhilarated. Instead, I am breathing stale air eating peanuts; waiting to reach a destination.

Mountains are to be experienced. They are to be walked (skied, boarded, hiked, fished…). They are not to be overflown. In the same way our lives are not about reaching a destination. God created us for the walk… with him, and others. A journey. And just like on a mountain hike, there will be falls. Bumps, bruises and worse will be suffered. But there is also exhilaration.

Yesterday, with it's good and bad, is gone. Tomorrow is a destination we may or may not reach. Odds are we will. But we cannot live in either place today.

"The day is at hand." Today is the day of faith. Today is the day to…
- Forgive yourself
- To begin again
- To reconcile
- To stop what should not be
- To start what should be
- To live our faith

God, neither yesterday nor tomorrow can control me, you are the Lord of my "right now".

For now...

D