So I am sitting on Seths couch. It is about 8:45 in the morning. Today we are going to leave for Denali National Park to camp. I am going to see my mountain, the tallest peak in North America.
Seth is just sitting here reading his bible as "More Than Life" by Hillsong is playing on the ihome. I just had a thought run through my head. More of a realization. Compared to knowing Jesus, I could care less about that mountain. If God told me to sit here on this couch forever or if I knew Jesus was going to come back, I would not think once about that mountain. The thing is, this place of contentment has taken me 3 years to get to. But it didn't come as i expected. There was no emotional moment. Adrenaline didn't run through my body as I realized I love Jesus more than mountains. It was just like "yeah, i don't really care about that mountain like I used to."
The line of the chorus of that song is "And I love you more than life." They sing it about 20 times.
It comes out of Psalm 63:3, in which David declares in the wilderness of Judah "Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will glorify you."
Its crazy when I think about it. I used to dream of moving to Colorado and living in a trailer by the mountains, or living in a log cabin in Alaska or the Canadian Rockies. In fact, I believe I wrote a blog about it on my other blog describing what I most longed for. But now, I really don't care if that never happens. I think it will someday, but if it doesn't that is more than okay. Jesus is better than life, and I can confidently say that I am beginning to love Him more than the desires of my heart. Not all of them by any means. He will get me there. But this particular one, yes.
So, yeah. I guess that is that. Off to McKinley for a few days. No big deal in the grand scheme of the universe. After all, it is just a bunch of rocks. :)
JN
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