Lately my mornings have begun with the same question. Did I really just do that, go there and see it all, for real? Life is unexplainably amazing!
Yesterday I had the opportunity to go to Volcan de Pacaya. It is an active volcano about an hour outside of Antigua . The hike was a good vertical hour and a half, but the results were beyond words! We came to a grassy plateau where there was a direct view of another volcano to the right and to the left was the top of Pacaya, with rivers of lava flowing in places. We were able to proceed closer to the lava and I then found myself climbing on lava rock and avoiding holes with hot lava directly under my feet. It was a fabulous time of fellowship while a few people brought marshmallows to roast on the lava. 
I would occasionally find myself pondering the idea of how much faith we have in the rock beneath our feet. We walked out there believing that we would not fall through or the volcano would not spit up on us. Fortunately we were right.
Then I speculate, why is it so easy to believe in something so faltering, yet so difficult to believe in the miracles of God? I was astonished as I stood on the shaky rock above the clouds watching the sun set behind the volcano. I am telling you that God was showing off last night. It was immaculate!
“He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind. He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.” Psalm 104: 3-4
I was standing on flames of fire with the wind blowing through my hair, incessantly gazing into the clouds and standing in AWE of my God. I am confident that I am living God’s dream and not my own. My dreams have never been this creative and beautiful, but I could not be more thankful that he captured my heart.
Its not really a sacrifice at all to give up what I imagined to be good for something that is exceedingly better!
