Montana

Arrived back in Plains, MT.

It is incredible to be part of a positive community. I know it sounds simple, but the difference is drastic. You can't help but want to seek truth and life.

There is so much beauty in simplicity. The people here are less jaded, there is no urban cynicism. Life is directed - conducted like an orchestra, and the grandeur of it all is able to change people. Chaos can seem liberating, but it is usually deceitful. Chaos is rowdy and crowded. There is no room to think and we are swayed by the currents of those with loud voices. It is hard to stand firm in one spot. We lose sight quickly. The crowd dominates and we forget everything we once stood for. But in structure, there is so much liberty. There are clean lines drawn, so you can see whether or not it lines up with the truth you believe in. Your life is compelled towards God because the days stretch out long. There is so much to find in this place and I want to take advantage of my situation. In structure there is vision, and in vision there are possibilities for change.

And so I have a few simple goals. I want to learn spiritual discipline. I want to devote time everyday in creation, trying to learn more about the creator of this confusing universe. If possible I will post it here, just to have some sort of accountability.

"The son is the image of an invisible God, the first born over all creation. For in him all things were created: things on heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, rank after rank of angels, all things have been created throughout him and for him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment." Colossians 1 : 15-17