What A Trip!

Well, I just arrived early Sunday morning along with my comrades from our 8000 km trip across USA. We managed to make it to almost every destination we had in mind - including Colorado Springs, the Grand Canyon, Los Angeles and San Francisco. It was an absolutely incredible trip! We had so many mishaps come upon us - and yet everyone was so easy-going and light about it that instead of it ruining our trip - it just became an adventure! For instance, car troubles halted us in Colorado springs for 2 1/2 days longer than we had intended to stay - BUT - instead we got to see the area for all it's worth. It was awesome! We got see the Garden of the Gods, the Cliff Dwellings, AND take an awesome hike in William's Canyon in the mountains. Not to mention that we also got to meet the owner of a small guitar shop, who gave us a tour of his little guitar shop in the basement. Working for him was a legend of a man. He had built guitars for John Denver, Elvis Presley, and Simon & Garfunkel! How sweet is that! We got to hang with these two old dudes for about an hour - amazing how God runs you around meeting new people! If you ever see an expensive custom built guitar with the label "Cripple Creek" then you know where it came from.

And now it's Christmas time - time to be with family, eat food, give and receive. Most importantly though, is what we are celebrating foremost during this season. Jesus birth marked a milestone in history as God's plan of salvation began to unfold in a very tangible and visible way. Why is it that you and I find it so easy to brush over the importance of Christmas so easily, when really it is such a HUGE event in regards to our following of Christ. I wonder sometimes if Satan is beginning to like Christmas - or the "holidays" as it is being called more and more. It seems that as the years go by, we are becoming less focused on what is important and distracted with things meaningless. I have no doubt that God find pleasure in us blessing each other with gifts - but what if that becomes our obsession? Make sure you take time this Christmas to meditate on Jesus and the hope he brought to the nations with His birth! It is one of the biggest miracles in all of history!

~ Merry Christmas ~