post journey ponderings

This morning i picked the last of those huge dry clumpy boogers that you get when your in the mountains, the ones that are like the sticky rice on sushi. It's kind of sad. I miss the mountains, I miss the aspens shimmering and quaking, the carpet of forest across the valley, the great winding Animas, the oh so delicious taste of beef jerky eaten in the crisp mountain air. He answered my prayer, i asked Him on the way up that I would see a bear, and on our hike I saw the biggest black bear I've ever seen! And no, that wasn't the only black bear I've seen. He was the size of a grizzly, and extraordinarily fast!! God's just shockingly thoughtful and sweet. Although i miss Colorado, it was so wonderful to see all my friends. I don't deserve them. God is in them. Tonight after stone we got together and sang and ate waffles smothered in nutella and prayed for my dear brother jacob. He is a man that loves God fiercely, and loves Him fiercely enough that it is tattooed all over his life. You can't miss it. He is sopping with Jesus. I want to be like that. God I want to love You so much that my life is bizzare compared to the world. I don't want to talk about You, I want to talk TO You! Amazes is not a good enough word to capture the response I have to Your tenderness. I want to just sing new songs to You forever right now! My mind does not understand why You are so gracious, so loving, so kookily faithful and kind. It makes no sense. But it's the most wonderful thing! It's our life story! "The earth was shaking in the dark, all creation felt the Father's broken heart. Tears were filling heaven's eyes the day that True Love died, the day that True Love died! When blood and water hit the ground walls we couldn't move came crashing down! We were free and made alive the day that True Love died! The day that True Love died!!"