Life on the Mountain
I watched last Friday’s episode of Numb3rs tonight on my Xbox360 and found some interesting theological insight. In the episode, Larry (a professor at the fictional CalSci and friend of main character Charles Eps) returns from a NASA mission to space and finds he is having difficulty adjusting to life back on the planet. He was shocked by his coming face to face with his dreams, actually living his dream of going to space for 6 months. I was struck by how similar his experience and fears are to those of many here on Earth when we leave a retreat experience and go back to our daily lives. Many of us attach special meaning and significance to places like Mount Hermon because they mark the geographic location of important events in our spiritual life. I can’t help but feel like my time here at Mount Hermon is in some ways an extended stay on the Mountain. As much as I miss living in Seattle and being around my college friends, God has given me a unique opportunity that I am beginning to realize is about more than just resume building or passing time. I live 24/7 with some of the most amazing people I have ever met and I have found a church that I actually believe in. While I believe that nothing here on Earth can ever approach the absolute perfection of Heaven and eternity in His presence, I feel that I have been given a very special opportunity if for ever so brief a period of my time in this world.
