incoherent thoughts on a plane
I took a flight to Cali and when I left rainy Seattle, it was well, raining of course. And when we ascended we went through a thick layer of clouds. We were blindly following up and up towards the sun. And then it cleared. Seeing the blue sky above the chaos was just breathtaking Spiritual analogy coming up now:
Our Lord, the son beckons us to follow him. He may lead us into areas that are hard to see, but we must willingly trust that His intentions are good and that He will bring us out. Its difficult to let go of the controls. You feel like you could crash into something, or that there is no end to the grey. But then it’s a glorious moment when you ascend to the clear and you can see His face clearly. It is then that you realize how amazing Jesus really is. How His intentions are good and upright and He knows exactly what He is doing.
I love looking down and seeing the clouds and the land below me when I’m flying. I like to see where I’ve come from. I was down there.
When we are on the ground it’s so hard to imagine what it’s like up above. We are so focused on our problems and the areas that we see it’s hard to think about looking down from above and seeing how petty and silly the things we think about are. There is an entire world to be explored, we just need the right perspective to understand that.
In my bible study on Thursday we were talking about sheep and how we are like them. I was fortunate enough to see sheep while I was in Wales. We even had one at the farmhouse we stayed in. Our first encounter was when we were entering the town and these sheep were just walking in the road. The second encounter was when we were told not to go near the sheep at the farmhouse because it would try to ram you. Sheep are stupid. They get into dangerous situations and don’t seem to notice. Then when they get near people they don’t know, they will push them away. They are silly creatures that do silly things and don’t care about the consequences. They do not think before they act, they just move.
But I will give them this: my 3rd encounter with sheep was when my sister and I were walking and I saw these sheep on a steep hillside. I have no idea how they got there but I saw their shepherd at the top of the hill calling them. And they went up, even though it was rocky and steep. They would follow their guardian even of it was a hard climb. I wish that I could be like these sheep. Blindly following the call up the hill or through the fog without a doubt and without fear. Pressing on without complaining about the climb.
Where the shepherd Jesus is, I want to be too, no matter how blind I feel or how high I have to climb. I know I am silly and I don’t make the best choices, but Jesus does and that’s all that should matter. I must follow his voice and go where He leads.
The end.
