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under the Son
Feb. 23, 2008
Being 5 again...
Do you love snow too? Maybe you've gotten older and snow has lost it's appeal. It's cold, it makes you wet and numb, it can hurt, than you have to come in and get all itchy when you warm up ... so why go out in it? 
But today was a perfect day for snow. It was untouched and crisp. Until Lisa and I got our feet in it... mwahahaha. You can feel and act as mature as you want, but when you climb on a sled and start off down the hill, you are transformed into a 5 year old again. Suddenly the cold and wetness goes away, and your mind is completely focused on getting back up that hill and sliding down again. After awhile your body starts to revolt, it's cramping and it wants to go home. But you, intent on sledding, push that to the back of your mind and keep going. If you think about it too much, you might sit down and maybe give up. It' s gets harder and harder to dig your feet in, and every leg muscle is frozen and screaming. As you walk uphill with the burden of your ever-so heavy plastic sled. Which in reality is just above the weight of air. But it doesn't matter, because you know when you get to the top, you will swell with pride on having made it once again and have another glorious turn on the slope. 
Why can't we be the same way with Christ. Christianity can be fun at first, but as you go on it gets hard to face the world and many temptations to just give in. You and I both know how amazing God is, yet as we tire with spiritual fatigue our minds can lose clarity. We can do some pretty crazy things when we're tired. But if we push on we eventually make it to the top and get to have that amazing rushing feeling. As we become more determined and believe that we can make it, the hill becomes less antagonizing. And we begin to see the joy in all of the situations, like my thinking "it really hurts to walk up this hill, but this is awesome cardio...thus worth it". We also tend to make our burdens much worse than they are, or forget to turn them into growing experiences. Eventually we have to stop, but we can go in to warm PJ's and hot chocolate. How perfect! 
Eventually we will all pass away, but if we persist in climbing those hills in our spiritual lives how worth it it will all be when we can go home to heaven and hear "well done".
Have fun on the slopes!!!
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