Nothing Is More Powerful Than Beauty In A Wicked World

I had the chance to hike one of the mountains that surrounds my town, and I must say, it was absolutely amazing. As I went up the side of the mountain, I would turn around every once in a while to see where I had left from. I determined two things as I did that, the tree that served as my departure point grew smaller and smaller and the peak that was my goal seemed further and further away. As I was pondering these things, my roommate Josh was climbing another mountain near the area. He called me wondering how things were going my way and he began to describe where he was on his respective mountain. He said, can you see where there are no trees near the top. However, the vastness of valley between peaks prevented me from even seeing details like trees and rock. I regrettably told him that I could not see where he was. And it hit me: “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established, what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them,” the very words of David as he considered his place in this vast and beautiful world. I could not see Josh, but our God could. In fact God knew not only his location, but his thoughts, his feelings, his fears. In such an immeasurable world, He knows us. He possesses the power to create such a universe as the one that we look up to at night. He made the mountains that surround me each day. He sustains life in perfect balance. He does all these things, and yet I am the twinkle in his eyes. How can this be? The rivers, the mountains, the birds of the air, they shout out how glorious He is. I cannot look at them without thinking of my creator. I wish the same could be said for His people. To think that out of all the things that God created, it is man that matters to God and yet we do not turn that glory back to Him breaks my heart. Oh, God that people may look at me and see Your glory, the work of Your hand. I wish I knew what that looked like…

This is not meant to be depressing, but for me its inspiring. Today I have the chance to give glory to my Father. How? Well, that is yet to be determined. That’s exciting isn’t it? Like a treasure hunt of how we can make God happy today. If we made that our goal not only today but each day, how much better would our world be? Our plans, our needs, our wants would slowly fade out as we gain energy from the joy that God receives from our obedience.

Things are great in Bosnia. The weather has been rainy and cold, but all in all I cannot complain. I start my first English club tomorrow. I am little nervous about it since it is me teaching English. A little scary I know, but that is part of the job description! Our first work team comes in two weeks and I have some responsibility with as well. So my honeymoon is over, now its time to work. The good news is that World Cup has started now so that means soccer every day and since there are no other sports to watch, this has become my love. I am starting to actually like soccer, but don’t tell anyone, I have a reputation to uphold.

I sure do miss my family and friends in the States, but God is totally bridging that gap by giving me some great friends here. Language is coming, its slow, but its still coming! I will try my hardest to get some pictures up, but computers and me do not exactly get along sometimes. I cannot make any promises to when the next post will be since the next couple of weeks are going to be rather hectic, but I will try my hardest to keep everyone updated to my happenings in Bosnia!