Right now, I am sitting in a thin-sheeted, queen sized bed at Heavenly Valley, Lake Tahoe. It's weird to have an entire queen to myself. My brother got the couch. I almost feel bad about that. We can see the gondola from our window. This is my first boarding trip of the season, and it's truly indescribable. I could be a whimsical, sappy writer and type something like this:
Snowboarding at Heavenly Valley, Lake Tahoe |
Blah, blah, blah. Please don't misread this, I don't see anything wrong with this idealistic, love-struck writing... But the fact is, that being here, snowboarding on this mountain, is indescribable. Trying to put words in place of the experience of snowboarding is impossible. It's like trying to describe the flavor of bubblegum or what colors look like. Being able to be a part of the dense beauty around me is like living in another dimension or having a 6th sense. Pictures can't do it justice. Words fall short. Recordings could never capture the sound of silence the mountain snow murmurs.
God cannot be described. We can see His attributes, like love, peace, joy, etc, etc. And what incredible attributes they are! But this place is oozing out and overflowing with the God who created it. Yes, God is omnipresent, but where else can you be swept away by His pure, untouched beauty? I want to be so deep with God that my life is that pure, original beauty. People think that God is a plethora of rules, and if that were the case, I would have ditched this idea long ago. But when I can become closer to that bubbling adventure, that purity that wraps around your heart and makes your throat tighten with unspeakable joy by the mere contact of it... when that can become a part of who I am? That's what I want, it's what I need, what I desperately long for. Or my life seems empty and pointless without it.
Okay, so there's my God rant. I just wanted to thank you, oh dear reader, if you stuck with this till the end. Here's to new beginnings.
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