I recently took a long journey from Oklahoma to North Carolina for a meeting and to visit some dear friends. The road was long, curvy, full of mountains, and filled with valleys. I enjoyed the trip and had a great time at the meeting and with my friends. However, it was a long journey that wore me out and left me weary. Even now, I am still recovering and regrouping from the exhausting aspects of this trip. As I look back on this recent journey, I am struck by how similar it is to the journey of faith that we all take.
Like the long trip, my faith journey has been full of roads and paths that are long, curvy, full of mountains, and filled with valleys. Over the last few weeks, this journey as been especially hard and even slow. The pressures of life, the burdens of living, and the uncertainties in our world have worn me out and made me feel weary and very tired. Even now, I am trying to shake off the weariness and find new energy. I don't doubt God or even my faith but I am not as motivated or excited about God or my faith. This point in my faith journey is one of a valley moment where I am trying to climb back up the side of a mountain. It is hard work, very tiring, and seems to be neverending. And yet, I know that I will make it to the mountain eventually, that the journey will be sweet again in the near future, and that the horizon of life and faith is only going to be brighter. In the meantime, I will struggle through the valley with the hope of the mountain guiding me.
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