Personal Pilgrimage
I'm headed to Minneapolis, Minnesota next month to do some reconaissance at a church there. I'm going to drive about two hours north to a town called Alexandria where our family vacation the first twenty years of my life.
It was in a cow pasture near Lake Ida that I felt a call to ministry in 1989. That prayer walk changed the trajectory of my life forever! I'm going to hire a photographer to shoot some pictures for me. I want my office art in the coffeehouse to say something about who I am. I think more people ought to use personal pictures to remind them of who they are and what they're about. So there will be a picture of a cow pasture in my office. I might even turn it into a t-shirt.
I think it's so easy to learn how and forget why. Every once in a while I need to "go back" and remind myself of why I'm doing what I'm doing. The trip to Alexandria is a personal pilgrimage for me.
I had some interesting thoughts today:
Did Paul ever go back to the "mile marker" on the road to Damascus where he was blinded by lightning? Did Jacob ever return to "the ring" where he wrestled with God? Did Zaccheus ever climb the sycamore tree where he first saw Jesus? Did Lazarus ever go back to the tomb he was in for four days? Did Moses ever go back to the burning bush? And was it still burning? Did Peter ever row out to the spot on the Sea of Galilee where he walked on water? Did the paralyzed man ever climb on top of the roof his four friend's lowered him through? Did Jesus ever visit Golgotha post-resurrection?
I have a hunch that they did. I think all of us need to set up sacred memorials along life's journey to remind of us how we got to where we are. To remind us of the faithfulness of God.
It was in a cow pasture near Lake Ida that I felt a call to ministry in 1989. That prayer walk changed the trajectory of my life forever! I'm going to hire a photographer to shoot some pictures for me. I want my office art in the coffeehouse to say something about who I am. I think more people ought to use personal pictures to remind them of who they are and what they're about. So there will be a picture of a cow pasture in my office. I might even turn it into a t-shirt.
I think it's so easy to learn how and forget why. Every once in a while I need to "go back" and remind myself of why I'm doing what I'm doing. The trip to Alexandria is a personal pilgrimage for me.
I had some interesting thoughts today:
Did Paul ever go back to the "mile marker" on the road to Damascus where he was blinded by lightning? Did Jacob ever return to "the ring" where he wrestled with God? Did Zaccheus ever climb the sycamore tree where he first saw Jesus? Did Lazarus ever go back to the tomb he was in for four days? Did Moses ever go back to the burning bush? And was it still burning? Did Peter ever row out to the spot on the Sea of Galilee where he walked on water? Did the paralyzed man ever climb on top of the roof his four friend's lowered him through? Did Jesus ever visit Golgotha post-resurrection?
I have a hunch that they did. I think all of us need to set up sacred memorials along life's journey to remind of us how we got to where we are. To remind us of the faithfulness of God.
2 Comments:
p.Mark, are you sure its still there? Can I have the picture if instead of a pasture its a Wal-Mart supercenter!
Funny :) Of course, I think there is a better chance it's a Starbucks!
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