Below is what I wrote in my journal about a month and a half after my quest.
Vision Quest 2017 Reflection (9/4/17)
This trip did not go as planned. I lost my hammock in the dark, and I left my hammock because I got worried about my car. My first thought when I headed to meet (my pastor friend) was "Well this is shot" but then I realized "No, this is part of it."
The next morning after finding my stuff I thought of a verse, and when I sat down, I couldn't find it. God had His plans.
As I reflected on this quest, the idea of a the journey has kept coming to me. (My pastor friend) mentioned it as we sat and talked; Jeremy mentioned it months ago. I feel that is what god is trying to teach me, has been trying for a while.
This is about the journey, like the process of forging a katana, it takes time, and the process is what make it so amazing.
Life doesn't go as planned, and that's ok. We focus on the destination, which we must have, but the point is the journey there.
Proverbs 22.13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets."
Proverbs 26.13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion is in the open square!"
There will always be a reason not to embark on the journey; not to take that first step. But without the journey, we never get to the destination.
Life is about the journey. Sometimes we have to find a different path there, but we must stay focused and keep moving. god works through the "set backs", and uses them to help us minister to others.
Fight the lion, 1 Peter 5.1-11
TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY!
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