to lose control and sucumb to the God of the volcano

it's amazing what God can use to teach us how to let go of the precious little control we have in our lives or to teach us to not be consumed by fear.

Recently with the volcano erupting there has been so many aspects of life effected. the biggest for me has been my trip to Nepal. I have been schedualed to fly out this saturday. this whole week has been a back and forth dance of should we drive to seattle? should we risk it and try and fly? cause is we do and we miss it, we're done for. so life has been a little wobbily all week. one minute we're driving the next we're not. i started getting really stressed out about this, losing sleep, rearranging my schedual just in case i pack up and leave the next day. it's been an interesting way of being.

fortunatly today i just decide once waking up at 6 am to check the status on the raging beast, i am going to trust my God that He is in control and will get me to Nepal. He is the God of that volcano so He can close it's mouth with one word. what do i have to worry about? so i am sticking to the plan, fly out on saturday for one of the biggest adventures of my life! hiking through the hymalayas!

but now that i'm really thinking about the way i've been living this week it parallels something we have been instructed to do.

Matthew 24:42-44
42 "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

see i've learned from these past few days that we are called to wait on the edge of our seats, preparing, making sure we have done all we need to, and all the while resting in the peace God has promised us.

Isaiah 26:3
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.

so now i'm all curious...how different will my life be now that i know how to live in a constant state of readiness and excitment wrapped up in peace? will i suddenly stop focusing on the small insignifcant worries of my everyday life and start focusing on the things God has called me to do? i sure hope so.

so don't let the volcano grip you with fear, or the mountain set before you to climb. our God is bigger, our God is able, and our God is ALWAYS with us. pretty cool i think.


p.s. i attached some cool pics of Mount Redoubt and the website with updates, i find it interesting and helpful :)