I thought I’d tell you a bit about my experience climbing three Colorado 14ers when I was on vacation last month, a fabulous time for several reasons. Let me share two...
First, it was great because of the opportunity to connect deeply with good buddies. So many of us are so busy zipping here and running there that we make little time to invest meaningfully in real friendships. David Stockdill and I drove down to Durango, Colorado where we met up with two of my brothers-in-law and the four of us had a blast together talking of our love for the mountains, what it’s like to be a dad or a husband, encouraging one another in life and yes, even praying for one another. Shoot...just the time in the car with David was meaningful. All this cost some time and money, but if you were to ask us, we’d all say the investment was well worth it.
Second, it was great because it was an opportunity to accomplish something rigorous. Most of us have plenty of difficulty in our lives between work and school and family and more, but few of us willingly take on something that actually drives us hard, places us in a position to rise to something great. Why is this so? Is this the frenzied pace of our lives or might it be that we’ve grown soft...comfortable...unchallenged? Climbing the high mountains is hard and in some instances, it is dangerous. But each of us learned that sometimes pressing for the higher height is worth all of the effort and more that it takes to get there.
Friends, I invite you to make the space in your lives to find ways to make and connect deeply with good buddies, wherever and however you do it. I also invite you to consider trying to accomplish something truly great, whether physical or some other achievement. To press into both endeavors will certainly cost you something, at least in time if not in other ways, but this is so much of what it means to be vibrantly blessed of the Lord. Aim deep...aim high...
Lookin’ Up, Pastarod
First, it was great because of the opportunity to connect deeply with good buddies. So many of us are so busy zipping here and running there that we make little time to invest meaningfully in real friendships. David Stockdill and I drove down to Durango, Colorado where we met up with two of my brothers-in-law and the four of us had a blast together talking of our love for the mountains, what it’s like to be a dad or a husband, encouraging one another in life and yes, even praying for one another. Shoot...just the time in the car with David was meaningful. All this cost some time and money, but if you were to ask us, we’d all say the investment was well worth it.
Second, it was great because it was an opportunity to accomplish something rigorous. Most of us have plenty of difficulty in our lives between work and school and family and more, but few of us willingly take on something that actually drives us hard, places us in a position to rise to something great. Why is this so? Is this the frenzied pace of our lives or might it be that we’ve grown soft...comfortable...unchallenged? Climbing the high mountains is hard and in some instances, it is dangerous. But each of us learned that sometimes pressing for the higher height is worth all of the effort and more that it takes to get there.
Friends, I invite you to make the space in your lives to find ways to make and connect deeply with good buddies, wherever and however you do it. I also invite you to consider trying to accomplish something truly great, whether physical or some other achievement. To press into both endeavors will certainly cost you something, at least in time if not in other ways, but this is so much of what it means to be vibrantly blessed of the Lord. Aim deep...aim high...
Lookin’ Up, Pastarod
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