Have you ever gone on a long trip. A trip so long that there is no way to completly understand how far you have really traveled (this is especially true when you travel by airplane). On my trip from the U.S.A. to Taiwan the airplane had a little screen on the back of the seat that was in front of me. I was able to view my trip from the skies point of view. I was amazed at how far away from home I was really traveling. I could not believe it. I was traveling away from all that I had ever knew to a country that was completely foreign to me. That thought alone was enough to make me spend quite a bit of time crying. And yet there was another feeling welling up within me. One of adventure and excitement. I was on my way to Taiwan! I was happy. I was sad. I was excited. I was scared. And through it all I knew that God had brought me here and He would lead me every step of the way. When ever I arrived I went to call home and tell my family that I ws safe. It was 1:00 am and I was afraid that I might wake every one at home up when I called. Suddenly I realized that there was now a eleven hour time difference between me and them. I would not wake anyone up. Wow I had really traveled that far. Even though I had seen it on the map with my own two eyes it did not hit me until I had realized that fact. I had been on a long journey.
That is much like my spiritual life. When I begun my spiritual journey five years ago I could have never imagined what a journey it would be. God has brought me far. I am not always aware of it until I look back in my journals. Because I had been keeping a journal at the time that I got Saved and have continued to do so I can look back over the years and see the Lord's faithfulness and goodness to me. He has brought me through many joyous and heart breaking times. And at times I don't realize what a journey it has been until I open up the pages of my journals and read of how the Lord has brought me to where I am now. I did not realize then what a journey it would be. Just like my trip to Taiwan was not over the moment I arrived, my spiritual journey is not over. Just like there are still many things to learn about in Taiwan, I still have much more to learn spiritually. I need God's refining every day. I am only 1/4 of the way done with me time in Taiwan and I know that there is much in store. I have only been Saved for five years and there is much to learn. God is good. He is faithful. He will lead me every step of the way.
