Into the Sunset

This is it! If you wanna keep up with the trip and see some (hopefullly) cool pictures than this will be the place to see it happen.

And so the preparation begins. Cleaning the house, packing clothes, choosing what tools I might need and what to books I wanna read. The trip of a lifetime, one of many, maybe even the last one ever ;). Whatever happens its gonna be an adventure. A time to get away with just me, my God, His word and of course my trusty steed. There's so many thoughts racing through our heads on a daily basis its hard to keep track, even if you are the easy going type. It's always good to get away from the rush every now and then and have nothing but God's creation to distract us. Throughout the trip I'll post lots of pictures and a few of my thoughts. Hope you enjoy. This first post is just something that I got reminded of today so I thought I'd share. =)

On the way home today I ran into this weed. At least its what we would call a weed. After taking a picture, it kinda struck me that so many times I take the little "hardship" or "pain in the butt" and remove from my life as fast as i can and label it negatively. I run from it.  As I've gotten a little bit older and gone through a few difficulties I've found that "weeds" aren't always a bad thing. Going through stuff and sticking out to other side instead is what builds endurance in us making the weed not really a negative ugly thing we need to get rid of but instead a building block to add to a wall of maturity and experience. Find the beauty in the weed. You can let it tear you down or build you up. You're choice. Dont run from your problems, address them and grow into the person you were created to be.

James 1:2-4 

²Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
³knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
⁴And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.