Well, yesterday was my ORD date... And the more I think about it the more I do not want to flaunt it. Everybody is going to go through it eventually, and there really is no point announcing it to the whole world. It only helps you yourself feel better, has no effect on those already out of army and makes those who are still in more depressed.
As much as I'd like to write a lengthy post on how its helped me and things like that, I've decided against it. Looking instead at the big picture, its a scintillating story of how God will still be there even when there's a huge desert to be traversed.
On the way you trek across enormous sand dunes, brave the desert storms and withstand the searing heat. On the way you find mysterious caverns worth exploring, you see wildlife you have never come across, you learn to adapt and change. On the way you come across great treasures, an oasis and places of great comfort that you learn to enjoy. The other explorers around me sometimes love the desert, and sometimes hate it, but in the end these explorers become the greatest of friends.
Now that I'm leaving the desert behind me and heading into the towns and cities... There's nothing much about me that's changed. If I had to name one big, obvious way that I've changed is that I have become a seasoned explorer. Put only me on the ocean in a boat, in the deep jungle, on the tops of the snow-capped mountains and I will still survive, because I am still not alone.
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. - Psalm 23:4
As much as I'd like to write a lengthy post on how its helped me and things like that, I've decided against it. Looking instead at the big picture, its a scintillating story of how God will still be there even when there's a huge desert to be traversed.
On the way you trek across enormous sand dunes, brave the desert storms and withstand the searing heat. On the way you find mysterious caverns worth exploring, you see wildlife you have never come across, you learn to adapt and change. On the way you come across great treasures, an oasis and places of great comfort that you learn to enjoy. The other explorers around me sometimes love the desert, and sometimes hate it, but in the end these explorers become the greatest of friends.
Now that I'm leaving the desert behind me and heading into the towns and cities... There's nothing much about me that's changed. If I had to name one big, obvious way that I've changed is that I have become a seasoned explorer. Put only me on the ocean in a boat, in the deep jungle, on the tops of the snow-capped mountains and I will still survive, because I am still not alone.
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. - Psalm 23:4
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