#peseverance

So for sometime I have been feeling a calling away from the Father. As in, God saying “run away with me Desiree.” I did just that this past weekend and it was amazing! Not because I was expecting or hoping it to be but because, even when I was just “doing”, God had already pre-ordained my steps and the steps of others I was to encounter. Because everything that happened could not have been scripted any better.  THAT’s why it was amazing. There is a lot I learned in those 3 days, but let’s start on Friday.

Here are some pictures and thoughts from my journey Friday afternoon. So glad I braved this one out, I felt the presence of God with me the entire time! Its great to just get away sometimes with no distractions and focus completely on God! My first adventure Brasstown Bald Mountain:

There were steep steep hills! All the way up!!

That seemed to go on and on. And on…

My legs tired, out of breath, I would see benches on the side to take a break and I did at first but then I got eager to finish. So I didn’t stop and Whew! with every twist and turn I was hoping it was my last…but there was more to go…

In all this, I barely stopped to notice the stunning beauty all around me on the why up. I noticed it, but I couldn’t fully take it in because I was so focused on the steepness of the hills I had to climb. 

I was getting tired and anxious but I knew the trail was 6/10 of a mile or so. I knew it WAS going to end. The end, was just the beginning, the beauty of the top was worth the struggle. 

It was a message to me about my life. Sometimes you face steeper hills than you could ever imagine. There has been quite a few in my path of life from grade school till now. Lots of times you feel like you can’t stay the course, you wanna turn back down. But the end will be worth it. Yes, it may seem so long and stressful but my faith is that there is something on the other side…in this life and the next. 

In the midst of the journey, we focus so much on the struggle that we forget to look at the beauty around us. Even when the journey is long, look around you to take in the beautiful things your getting to see up close, that you won’t get to see on the mountain top. If someone had told me this in the words I’m trying to convey to you now. I would have shrugged and agreed but had ZERO appreciation for what they were saying because I have heard it sooooo many times! And that is the point! Sometimes God calls you to things so that you can appreciate and see the truth in a new light. I was feeling, smelling, seeing, and thinking all the things I just described to you. It was real for me in that moment, through experience revelation was given in a language I could understand. I hope that makes sense.

The Divine Silence: Persevere

Lake City, CO. A journey with the hubster and daudre, Katie Jean.

“To everything…(turn, turn, turn)…there is a season…(turn, turn, turn)…and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” Thank you King Solomon via Pete Seeger via The Byrds.

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