last weekend, a couple of my squad-mates and I went up a gondola to a beautiful mountain in Quito. i don’t remember the name, but i couldn’t forget the view even if i tried.
During the time it was so much fun and we were able to laugh about how poorly-prepared we were to hike up this mountain in our Birkenstocks and vans. We also laughed at how difficult it was to breathe. (altitude or out-of-shape… I’ll just say it was the altitude..)
Once we got home, later that night I was able to sit down and think really about my size in all of it.
the view i had seen that day was the highest ground i had ever been on-
(there were planes definitely flying eye level to us miles away)
I was able to see a huge vantage point-literally.
This world is actually humongous, and then the planets are even more immense in size, and our galaxy is small compared to other galaxies.
its like one of those moments in the movies where they zoom in 72 times to see the reality of the size of the location at hand (with a dramatic *dun dun dun* added for zest)
big
adjective-
1.of considerable size, extent, or intensity
2.of considerable importance or seriousnesshow big is this city and these mountains and this world and universe—
and how big is the creator of it all
so if all of this is so big,
How GREAT of a problem is it for me to say sorry and apologize to that person whose feelings I hurt?
How big of a hassle is it to genuinely smile to the person at school or work who maybe gets on your nerves because they have a different way than you?
How big of a burden is it to slow down and help that person at hand when you have “more important things to do”?
small
adjective-
1.small in size, amount, or degree
How small of a box I have been putting God in to say “no, I am going to keep this from Him, because I don’t think He can accept this type of job right now. He has other things to do. “
How big I made myself compared to everything else, and compared to God!
God is BIG. He is “of considerable size, importance, and seriousness.”
And I am SMALL. I am “small in size, not much.”
God knew this, so He became small too.
He took away the overbearing and overwhelming nature of His vast power, and walked in shoes like me.
Probably not Birkenstocks, but maybe something close.
He shows me parts of Himself in the littlest things.
in the way my new friends laugh deliriously He shows me His ease and joy
In the flowers on the ground during the walk to ministry He shows me His intentionality and beauty
In the joy on the faces of the kids from ministry, He shows me that even though we are little,
We are a big deal, to Him.
He became little so we could realize how big of a deal we mean to Him.
lots of love,
cami!!
