"I climb mountains because there is this certain happiness that I can only feel when I am looking at a perfectly still scenery, from the top. It's like nature has its own way of bringing back the pieces of me, that once was lost along my life's journey. Whenever this restoration happens, it's always Jesus who did it again."
When I was a kid, I always stare at those pointed top of the mountains with full of excitement. I, at any rate, can't help but ask "What's in there? What would things look like when I'm on top of the peak? Will I ever survive the long-ascending trails?"
I grew up in an awesome lowland place of South Cebu. There are usually no mountains and large hills located at a walking distance, but only seas. Maybe this is why I am drawn towards those elongated pile of humps - rising above the land, higher above the sea level. And as cliché as it sounds, opposites do attract. Because, it's not here.
"I can't find here what I can find there."
I want to be there. Because, it's not here.
I have to go there. Because, it's not here.
I should be there. Because it's not here.
I don't know if anyone has ever felt this, it's like those bleak landforms are talking to me, inviting me for an adventure. Those wonderful creations are alive and are waiting for me. And Mt. Lanaya is one of them.
Climbing Life's Greatest Peaks
God's love is waiting for me at the top. I can't let this opportunity to experience Him more just slip away. I continued walking the trail despite of doubts and fear. We all experience this in life. It's up to us if we keep going or not.
Reach the top or go back home. Looking at its peak, I doubt if I can make it to the top. I mean it's 720 meters above sea level, and I don't know how to get there. But this feeling awakened me and opened my eyes to some of the different realities of life.
Climbing to the top is more like surviving my way up to success in life. And before I can make a decision that I will surely regret, I keep going and remembered why I started in the first place.
We need someone to guide us. For every trail we journey, we can't make it to our destination if we don't know which way to go. We need someone who knows the right path to take before we get lost. We all need companions in life. I am grateful to those people who have already gone first this trail, they helped me a lot to make this journey less difficult.
I thank you for allowing me to experience Jesus' guidance and presence in you.
And in all of a sudden, my heart felt peace because I know Whom I have trusted. I felt safe because I know Who's with me.
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Thankful enough I have real and good friends to laugh with along the journey.
Blaze the right trails to follow. I am not the last one who has interests on climbing hill tops. And once people see that I made it to the top, chances are possible that they're going to follow the trail I take. I feel obliged to be a reliable source of information.
Allow me to be the one to help you smooth the path this time. Allow me to extend Christ's companionship to you.
And when I got back home, I felt like I am whole again. The journey made me collect bits and pieces of myself along the trail. Like God is sending back my lost pieces through nature's kiss. The moment I experienced this kind of healing, I was smitten to the desire of climbing mountains, and have remained so ever since.
The moment I conquered Mt. Lanaya, I then know that I can overcome life's struggles and difficulties.
God knows you can make it too.
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