Saturday we went to climb Sinai - the mountain of God.
I couldn't wait for it to come & when Saturday arrived I was so negative - it was really a mountain that lied before me.
As most of you know I struggle a bit with my health on this trip & my asthma, I thought I overcome it but I never did. So my body that actually wanted to stay in bed, started to climb Sinai.
As you climb it look like a little steep hill, nothing serious and I thought this is disappointing. Then you turn and make another turn and later it doesn't stop and the hill you saw wasn't a little hill, you are climbing the mountain of God.
About halfway my body decided I'm not going to make it. As soon as a reach the group I sat down to rest & don't know how I'm going to get up there. But God placed an adventure junky in my group (Johannes), but Johannes is also sick today. So this is how my journey started. Johannes took out a rope and tied it around his waist and then around mine and as he tied it pride stood up.
No 1. Johannes is sick but he is helping me.
No 2. He tied a rope around my waist. I feel like a camel.
No 3. Everyone is making comments and laugh.
The only word that comes up in my thoughts is "HUMBLING." My stubbornness stood up & I don't think this is funny.
So Michelle was listening to Joyce Meyer while she was climbing & as a joke she said to me, "guess what Joyce is saying: YOUR ATTITUDE DEPENDS HOW LONG YOU WILL BE IN THE WILDERNESS." This is not a joke. My Hugo-blood in my veins doesn't want to submit.
So I keep on telling myself HUMBLE yourself & is it really so bad to be connected with a rope to someone? As I said I kept telling myself it until my stubborn body submits.
As I humble myself I saw it is actually fun (what a revelation - lol) & who cares what people think.
Francois motivated me with Cadbury chocolate & a friendship filled with laughter.
As I walked I just realized Moses was desperate to meet with God, because this is not a half an hour trip.
You became aware of the silence; you can almost touch the silence. It is amazing & peaceful.
And when you came to the top (finally) you see mountaintops as far as you can see - and you become aware of the God we serve. How big he really is. He is the I AM.
Exodus 3:14 - God replied, "I AM THE ONE WHO ALWAYS IS. Just tell them, "I AM" has sent me to you." God also said "tell them ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob - has sent me to you'. This will be my name forever, it has always been my name, and it will be used throughout all generations."
This was my Sinai experience. I am glad I climb it. It was humbling and Johannes's life spoke to me - SELFLESS, COMPASIONATE. Glory to God!
How desperate are you for God?
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