Encouraging one another, all the more
Silence. It is one of the most counter-cultural subjects of our time. If you do not know what I mean, I wish for one day, your ears could hear what mine do from start to finish. Sometimes silence is interrupted not just by actual noise, but also by the mundane.
When I think about my life, and all the steps that it’s taken to get me to where I am now, it’s been nothing short of a miracle. There were so many ups and downs –moments of pain, and moments of deep joy and peace. Lately, the Lord has asked me to reflect. To stop what I am begging Him for and see all that He has already done in my life.
Just last week, my dad and I left to go on my first backpacking trip. This trip was planned over the last year, and he drove all the way from Michigan to meet me—needless to say, we were pumped. We mapped out the four-pass loop in Maroon Bells, Aspen, Colorado; a twenty-eight mile journey through one of the most photographed locations in the U.S.