The last day...

Today is the last full day in Cali and I'm really sad to be leaving. I feel as though I fit here. My crazy driving is actually useful, it's sunny, it's warm, there are all kinds of out door activities, no snow, no ice, lots of gorgeous scenery, no farm land; I could keep going, but I won't. I mentioned to my dad that I loved it out here, all he said was, "No." Haha, that was it, "No." I think I shall put this idea into my "Future Folder" right next to coaching basketball and saving the world.

This was a much needed trip for both Mandy and me. Mandy for a time of detoxing all that life had crapped on her this semester and me for a reminder that the real world still exists. Sometimes I get wrapped up in what's right in front of me and forget that there's a whole world of people and places still to be seen. I now want to see it all and it doesn't seem like an impossibility. Life seems to be teeming around my feet and my inhibitions and fear seems to be fleeting by the day. I'm really excited to see where I will be a year from now, because I sure as heck didn't think that I would be where I am now a year ago.

I'm not really looking forward to the 30 hour ride in the car we're about to embark on... again. We're going to have to branch out from our "S" snacks and incorporate some beef jerky and Dr. Pepper. Mandy's already told me I'm not allowed to do another 12 hour driving spree, but I told her I could not make any promises I didn't intend to keep.

We hit the beach one last time this afternoon, this time we went to the harbor on the south side of the beach. I came with the idea that this was going to be a religious experience and that I would feel even closer to the Creator of the Universe by seeing the ocean. It was beautiful, but God didn't show up. He was not in the wind, the waves, or the sand. It was an abrupt realization and I pondered this during my quiet time. Coincidentally I read through Hebrews during this time too. This is what I read:

For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses—as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself. (For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.) Hebrews 3:3-4

God is the creator and the creator cannot become a part of his own creation any more than a builder can be a pillar in his own house. The wind, the waves, the sun, the sky, the stars, they all shout who He is and will never contain Him. He is worthy of more glory than that. The mighty ocean, God is more powerful than. The brilliant sun, God's light is brighter than. The still night sky, God's peace is more calming than. Everything this world contains is a mere glimpse of His glory. How beautiful and frightening He must truly be.