
Wow.
Just finished a four day backpacking trip through Yellowstone. It was absolutely amazing.
As I sit here, just a few hours before 2008, I would really like to write a reflection on the past year and talk about some of my favorite stories, but I can't.
1.) Because I'm dead tired. 2.) Because I can't stop thinking about the past four days.
Being in the middle of the Rocky Mountains in the middle of winter, I really got a chance to connect with nature. Really I did. Yes, in that way.
But as I was sitting on a dead tree in the middle of Yellowstone, I looked around and just took in everything around me. The perfectly placed pine trees. The birds flying overhead. The gigantic mountains I was seeing for the first time.
Sitting there, I realized that nobody planted all those trees. Nobody raised those birds to fly around the park. Nobody built those mountains to be a tourist attraction.
This is all God's handiwork.
I'm sure I'll have more stories later. Right now I need sleep.
Happy new year.
God is good!