The first thing I saw when flying into Nepal were the mountains. Beautiful, rugged, snow capped.
It was also so neat the first day when my squad and I got to our ministry site (it’s all squad month so all of us are in the same city doing ministry and all living in the same building).
After we dropped our bags off in our rooms, a lot of us went to check the rooftop out to see the view. And what would you know, but our home were surrounded by mountains. In fact, the whole city is as we would find out later that week.
Here are a couple pictures I took.
But the problem was that there was so much smog, you couldn’t really see them well. It was rather sad, even though it gave the mountains a mystical feeling.
So after checking out the view, I went and hung out with some friends and got lunch.
In the evening, I went back up on the roof to relax and take some more pictures.
And that’s when I saw it….
There it was. A tiny, white triangle next to a smaller mountain. The smog had cleared just enough that you could see a true snow-capped mountain.
Do you see it. Right below the ↓
And then, in another direction, you could see the faint outlines of other mountains in the distance. Just barely visible. It was amazing. I couldn’t get over how beautiful it was–even though it was so small.
Since then, I haven’t seen those mountains because the smog continues to hide them. But I get to see the other “mountains” and I know that there are more, bigger mountains just beyond my vision.
I think these mountains are a great faith analogy.
I feel like the smog is the world. There is a lot of evil in this world and sometimes we can’t see any good or that God is moving. But sometimes, sometimes–we get a glimpse when the smog clears to see God working in His wonderful ways.
Never give up faith. Even if you can’t see something, it doesn’t mean it’s not there. It may just be beyond your line of vision.
