the mountain

last week we decided to head west. we wanted to see family and also visit the oregon coast. we haven't done that in several years and were itching to get our toes in the warm sand.

as we were driving and getting closer to western washington i got my first glimpse of Mt Rainier. it is a majestic, snow covered peak and i LOVE looking at it any chance i can get. my husband is vision impaired. mainly what that means is he can't see very well. most of his eye nerves have died out so he has a narrow field of view as well as not having much long distance sight ability. when we look up at the stars at night, he only sees the brightest stars, if he can see any at all.

so when i saw mt rainier, i exclaimed "there's the mountain! what a gorgeous sight!" michael looked at the perfect blue sky and announced that he didn't see anything. tho he couldn't see that the mountain was there, he knew it was cuz he had seen it many times before and he believed me when i told him that it was there. later as we got closer, he saw it for himself.

i wish i was more trusting of what i don't see. many times i know the Lord wants me to trust Him that what He is telling me is there, is there. whether its finances that we need, a healing touch from Him, or an answer to prayer .... but i act like since i can't see it, its not there!

Lord, give me eyes of faith to trust tho i cannot see, and faith to follow you wherever you lead.