So, I keep on remembering a part of yesterday that until now (this very moment) I’d rather forget. After walking an easy, comfortable and beautiful hike, we reached a point that was the exact opposite in my eyes.
We had to repel down the side of a rock. And that is when all my fears came rushing in. I found this point extremely hard, uncomfortable and at my limit. I wanted to stay right where I was.
The entire time, people were trying to encourage me, but I wouldn’t budge. Dave came back up and kept on pushing me to go. He told me, “I will not go without you.” I let him know that I was okay with staying at this point of the hike. He then told me, “Well, I am not okay with it.” (Ouch!) That cut pretty deep. I didn’t want to go down but I also didn’t want to ruin anyone else’s time here.
I finally held on to the rope and took small slow steps down but there were many moments where I just wanted to climb back up. As I tried to push my way up, Dave was making his way closer to me, making it impossible.
I finally reached the bottom of this wall and that is when I realized that it was much easier than I had imagined it to be. When I got to the group, I was greeted with hugs and the thought of accomplishment started to excite me.
We got into the water and swam around the corner and that’s when I saw it… the reason we had traveled this far for in the first place. This waterfall and this canyon were beautiful. This place was way more beautiful than I could ever imagine or even describe.
This morning, as I look back, I also see the spiritual resemblance. We walk through life and it is comfortable and for the most part, it is easy. But then, we reach that point that seems so hard, uncomfortable and maybe even painful. We struggle and we fight. God tells us, “I will not leave you but I don’t want you to say here either. I have so much more for you to see.”
We then begin to take baby steps but when it seems too hard, we try to get out. This only moves us back instead of forward. God continues to remind us of what lies ahead but still we fight. When we finally give God full control, we realize that it wasn’t as hard as we made it out to be. God helped us through it.
