have YOU arrived?

often times Christianity is described to me

as this AMAZING High...

and if I don't seem to be ON that HIGH

than there IS apparantly ...

something wrong with me.

other times

Christianity is described as a LOCATION

a serene

"ZEN" like location

where all walk about in utter bliss and joy

with out a care or struggle in the world..

People wonder,

making ME wonder if I have "arrived"???

and IF for what ever reason

MY life shows

even a ripple of struggle

a moment of strife

a trial

a difficulty that breaks their peace

than there is

most certainly...

something wrong we me.

To some that I have met...

Christianity is a day at the beach.

ALL fun in the sun

all just many sunny days

stung together

for them to play

and if for what ever reason

they see a bit of rain near me

a storm brewing...

I become eeyore

and

it becomes ...

yes... you guessed it...

something wrong with me..

you see...

they forget their bible

forget the sovereignty of God

that HE has made my day

and theirs.

While they were flying high

I was face down

humbled

and found this nugget...

and learned something wonderful

and stored a treasure of my own away in my heart

while those folks were having a blast at the beach,

The Lord and i were off on an adventure of our own...

and it was EVER the adventure!

Life really is...

Just as this sign says

we don't know what tomorrow will bring..

and our "christianity"

is NOT a location

not a party

not a day at the beach

but our Lord may take us to any one of those places...

the KEY is to not get stagnet in any of them..

To not ever expect it to STAY that way...

because

storms can come to that day at the beach...

frightening storms

Jesus said the road with Him would be straight and narrow...

not some huge highway..

what sort of road are you walking on?

Is it peaceful

or really popular?

Is it calm you, or does it stress you out because of the level of competition on it.

There is no need to compete with one another on this walk.

Because to some, it IS about comparing,

about who is MORE holy,

more "right"...

We are not to look at one another

and judge

or

compare

but rather

we are just fixing our eyes on Jesus

on our KING

on the Cross...

Just walking with HIM

where EVER that might lead us

willing to do what EVER He might call us to go

 sometimes the walk is slow

because we are SLOW

and HE is patient with us

Sometimes... the walk is hard

or lonely

or scary

sometimes we go through desert places

sometimes through forests so dense we can not see

sometimes we climb mountains

so high, we can barely BREATH..

but we press on,

by faith..

for we really can NOT see much beyone our own hands

truth be told

 we haven't  arrived

YET

& know that we won't.

not

till we cross over Jordan

&go home to Heaven

 so when we HAVE "arrived"

we certainly won't be here

 to blog about it..

so

till then...

we are trying to capture the moments...