
” When Jesus saw that he answered with understanding, he said to him, you are not far from the kingdom of God”
MK 12:34ab
Just as there are many mountains, as well as many views of the mountains, it is not just of how you conquor the quest to the summit of the mountains for which you embark on, as it is more about, how you yourself learn from your experience, with each step to the summit of the mountain. There are many mountains big and small, for each of us to embark on, but that is the key here, we first have to embark on the climb, so we than can gain confidence in ourselves, as we move forward in the climb.
The understanding of why we climb that mountain, is deep within each of us. Just like the love of Jesus Christ is within us as well. The problem then lies with each of us, as we simply do not take the time to truly understand anything anymore. Within this crazy world of today, most will embark into the white mountains of New Hampshire, to climb mountains just to post in a Facebook page called, ” I climbed the 4,000 footers club”, I am not saying this is wrong, but when you embark on a climb just to post to a page, then you are totally missing out on the true meaning, of embarking on the climb of a mountain. To trek up any mountain is a great accomplishment for anyone, but if you never truly understand what it takes for the climb, not too mention the getting yourself ready, mentally and physically, then you will never understand what is truly around you, with each step of the climb. Yes, the goal of any mountain climb is to reach the summit of that mountain you climb, but if you never have a true understanding of any hike you embark on, then each step then becomes lost, as you walk this journey through life.
Some may look at a mountain and never see the grandeur of the mountain? We of this society are moving so fast through this journey, we never take the time to truly understand anything of what is passing us by. Now I get the fact that there are a lot that are hurting real pain and never take the time to understand that pain to truly heal from it, for the fact that, they do not want others to see them in their time of weakness. We all as we walk our paths of this journey, will go through some trying times, these times will totally change us in ways that we never take the time to understand. Because we never take the time to understand the why’s, this is when we all stay within our own bubbles, just so we can try to keep moving forward to escape the pain? The pain and hurt will always be there, until we take the time to understand of why we let ourselves get into this mess, so we can then truly heal moving forward. There is no one that is perfect in this society, and those who say they are? Well now this is the first lie you say along your path, once the first lie is said, then we now think we can get away with more, as each lie then becomes bigger and bolder.
Throughout this journey of life, we all will succomb to many issues, whether these issues are are brought on by we ourselves, or whether from another, really doesn’t matter, what matters most is, we do not let these issues steer us in the wrong directiion along our paths, and become someone for who we truly are not. Some issues are huge, as some are just a blip on the radar, none the less, they are still an issue that we need to truly understand, so we can move forward, with as little a hiccup as we can. It is all about ” understanding”, and in todays society, we do not take the time to understsnd anything, even if it will make us better moving forward. There are so many issues that will rear their ugly heads at us like, a sickness, an addiction, or even our own ego’s, to name a few, and there is no one in this society, that is immune to any of the issues, as we all have suffered with something along their path of this journey. When we do not take the time to understand the issues that come to us, the way we then handle these issues is, we then bury deep within, our true feelings and emotions, which then we also bury the love of Jesus that passes through our hearts, also deep within, which explains why we have become so cold toward each other, and also why we post a picture of the summit of the mountain to a social media page, without truly understanding of the why we took to the climb in the first place.
There are so many issues that will cross our paths, that we will never talk of them, simply because we do not want to admit to our weaknesses, which is why we forget that, the first step to getting over any issue, is the understanding of the issue, and then the talking of the issue, to not just understand it better, but to heal properly of the pain and the hurt, that the issues will bring. There is no time frame for when the issues will come to us, some may be affected early on in the journey, while some later in the journey, So as you look deeply into any issue, you will clearly see that it will affect our child within first, which then gets to our exterior, as we then try to hide it from all those around us. These issues, whether big or small, will come with great pain and hurt, as we then alienate ourselves from those around us, because we do not want others to see us in our time of weakness, we then put up this totally fake self, with a totally fake smile, that will portray us as strong, when we are really hurting deep within. It is the understanding of what is around us, that helps us keep moving forward better and stronger throughout this journey, and when we keep moving so fast in this society, we will never understand anything that may come before us, as we walk our paths, through this journey of life.
Some of us may say we have all the answers? But how can you have all the answers, if you do not truly understand what it is you have the answers to? Some may go hike a mountain, just to post to a page on their social media, so if you never understand what happened or what you saw before you took that picture, then what good was it that you hiked up that mountain? Some may struggle with an issue in their lives and try to keep moving forward, so why keep moving forward without understanding the issue, so you then can move forward and not only heal from the issues, but move forward in true peace and happiness. We are all struggling in so many ways, but in this fast paced society, we keep moving with blinders on, just to keep from truly understanding anything, as we walk this journey within this society. Still some say they pray to Jesus everyday, but then say he never answers their prayers? How do you know he does not answer, if you never truly understand the process of what Jesus is all about? There is so much within this society that we never come to understand, simply because we have stepped up on the super highway and never take the time to understand anything? Jesus came to this journey for each one of us, he died on this journey for us all as well, it is how he walked his path, that if we truly understood, then we would totally understand his words within the scripture for us all to read, but if we are moving too fast and never take the time to understand anything, then how do we read anything also? The theme within this society today is a sorrowful one, it is a theme that we all need to change, before there is nothing to change for? We all are hurting in many ways, but if we never truly understand why we hurt, then how can we truly heal from the hurt? If we all keep operating within our own bubbles, then how can we come together in unity? If we all bury the love of Jesus with our true feelings and emotioins deep within, then how can we truly heal from any issue, let alone move forward better and stronger.
The many views of the mountains are just like what we go through along this journey, and when we do not truly understand for what we are looking at, then it becomes a wasted journey, with many wasted steps along our paths. When we never take the time to understand the why’s of the issues, then how do you expect to move forward on your path, with zero pain and hurt? You first need to understand the journey, before you chose a path to walk, because if you never take the time to understand the journey, then how can you ever understand of the issues that will come with the journey? The issues are part of this journey, it is up to us, to better understand moving forward, Jesus does understand all of us and what we go through along our paths, he will always be there for us, it is we who lose touch with him, as we let the issues bring us into the clutches of denial and as we let the denial control every fiber of our being. You can clearly see within this society, that there are so many within the power of denial, as all our hearts have become so cold, that there is no love of Jesus passing through it, this is all on us, as we have taken the faith and set it a side, so we can try to escape the hurt and the pain of the issues. What if God took time off from creating us and all that is around us just because he felt like it? you think all this creation would of been been finished? God and Jesus never take any time off from us, it is we, who take time off from them. This is why as we walk our paths through this journey, it is so important that we take the time to understand everything around us, even the issues that may come to us, so we than can truly walk through this journey as Jesus did, truly walk this journey in the peace and happiness that Jesus showed us, while we move forward with each step, better and stronger, and while we move forward with the love of Jesus flowing through our hearts and warming our souls, while we take this love and share it with each other, which will warm this society for the better, as we all truly understand everything that is around us, throughout this journey of life.
” The key to this journey is not just moving forward, but to move forward along the climb, to gain the confidence in yourself and Jesus Christ, to not just conquor the mountain, but to conquor the issues that will come as well”
” To understand or not to understand, this is how you truly walk this journey, with Jesus or without Jesus”
” It’s the cold of Satan that has become greater than the warmth of Jesus’s love, but we the people can change this with our actions moving forward”