Different Sleeping Arrangements

As we began to drive back to his house, my friend and I began talking about the process I was undertaking with this vision quest. He's walked with me through my divorce, and was the one who really challenged me to do my initial vision quest. As we drove, I began telling him about some of the things I had been learning and focusing on, as well as some of the things I was trying to work on for the future.

We got back to his house, and then sat down in chairs on his front porch, where we began to talk for over an hour. He asked me about how I was dealing with my divorce (the whole process wouldn't be over for a few more months at this point), how things were going with my girls, how school was, and overall how I was doing. I will say, it was really nice just sitting on a front porch and talking.

I don't remember most of what was said that night, and at this point I wasn't writing anything down like I had the previous year, but I do remember very clearly that he told me that I had gotten to the point where I was enjoying the journey. This concept had been one Jeremy had mentioned to me a few months ago, and at the time it wasn't something I was enjoying. Part of me was still focused on the destination, seeing the journey as an obstacle to be endured, rather than the main point of life. (You can read more of what I have come to see about this in a post I wrote on our group blog at: http://proverbs1824brothers.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-journey-by-will.html)

He asked me what my plan was for the next day, and I told him that my original plan had been to just scrap the weekend, but that I had realized that this experience was part of the process. I would head back very early, find my gear, and then spend the rest of the time I had set aside for the quest in the woods, seeing what God would say.

I headed home, set my alarm for 5:00 AM, I had to beat the sun up, and did another tick check (I really hate ticks and don't want any attaching themselves to my body, just in case you haven't picked up on that theme yet), and crawled into bed. I hadn't planned on sleeping in a bed that night, but in all honesty, I wasn't going to complain, it was pretty windy outside. I was tempted to get on my phone, check Facebook, and fall asleep to YouTube videos, but then I realized that I was still on the quest. The setting had changed, but God was still at work, and just because I was sleeping inside didn't give me permission to give in to time wasting distractions.

It was late, I was tired, and I had a very early start the next morning. I wasn't where I had planned to be, but I was right where God wanted me to be. In the morning I would begin to see more clearly what He had in store....


Fight the lion, 1 Peter 5.1-11

TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY!