Do you remember the part of The Lord of the Rings where Frodo and company walk through the woods on their journey, chat about random things all day, make it pretty far, and go to bed that night? Or how about the story of Tom Brady throwing footballs in his back yard with some friends for hours? Actually let me tell you about when I was in college (makes me feel old saying that) and I stayed up until 2am (or later) to finish a homework assignment. The reality is, none of us care about these moments, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t necessary.
Recently I have been overwhelmed with a desire for
adventure. I want to satisfy it but I don’t exactly know what to do. I want to
go climb a mountain, but in case you were unaware, there aren’t many mountains
around Fort Worth. But God told me to live here. So what am I to do? Quick my
job and move to Colorado or stay here? Follow God or follow this longing that I
think God put inside of me? The answer – yes.
What I’ve come to realize is we can’t go on an adventure
without the “dull” moments. Every story has these awesome moments of going
through challenges or having breakthroughs or getting revelation, but every
story also requires not as high moments. Frodo had some crazy adventures, but
I’m sure there had to be some slower moments (and I’m sure he was thankful for
them). Tom Brady (disregard any dislike of Tom Brady for the sake of my point)
would have never won a super bowl if he had never practiced throwing a football
as a kid. I wouldn’t have been offered my first internship in Seattle where I
did get to climb a bunch of mountains without staying up late to finish
homework. I wouldn’t even be at my current job without doing all of that. Even
when you go on a hike you don’t (at least not usually) start at the top. The
slow moments are important. They are necessary although they are not as
exciting.
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God has an adventure for you and it never goes stale. There
will be mountains and plains, but in the end it all matters that you’re heading
towards the right destination. The key is keep your eyes ahead and focus on the
goal rather than on your current situation because you never know what’s just around
the bend.
So some additional notes: There is nothing wrong with moving
to a place where you can go hiking and do crazy fun outdoor adventure things as
long as that’s where God has you. Going into His creation or doing some other
random exiting thing teaches us about God and it is good. I wish I were writing
all of this from the top of a mountain right now. But in my thinking of all
this adventure stuff over the past few weeks, I did decide to make a bucket
list because why not. Some things on there are kind of ridiculous, but it is a
bucket list after all. You can find my bucket list here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j7KOgwPPfSb_z23hjYOTP-_bLlpEABjTQ7mnCF4RoSg/edit?usp=sharing
Please feel free to read it, add items to it (include your name if you do), and if you want to join me on any of these adventures let me know. I’m free most weekends if you plan ahead and I have no intentions on living adventure alone.
Please feel free to read it, add items to it (include your name if you do), and if you want to join me on any of these adventures let me know. I’m free most weekends if you plan ahead and I have no intentions on living adventure alone.