Climbing with Trust

As usual, our youth group started this year off with our Annual Rock Climbing Adventure at Texas Rock Gym. Last year, if you can recall, I learned a lot! (If you don't remember, here's last years blog post) This year was no exception!

I recently got glasses and since the prescription is more accurate in my glasses, I tend to wear those more often than I do my regular contacts. So, not thinking, I wore my glasses rock climbing today. At one point Renee scratches hers, and tells me I should try climbing without my glasses. Umm... yeah, I'm almost blind without my glasses. But, being one for competition and challenges, I tried it.

Do you know how challenging it is to climb a 30 foot tall wall when you can barely see 6" in front of you? VERY! I couldn't see the rocks below me... or above me for the most part. I was relying SO much on Renee who was belaying me to tell me what to pull up on and what to step on. It was very difficult, but so life-like to me. (I thoroughly like relating experiences to real life). How often in life are we blind? Do we have no realization of God's plan, but are just trusting Him to pull us through, to guide us to where we need to step?

It was really neat to have this physical challenge to accept and complete that could relate to the spiritual challenges we face everyday. Everybody should try to go rock climbing with vision where they can't make out the "Big E" on the vision chart (it's now a "W"... who knew?) and learn to rely on the belayers with more faith than before. And more importantly-- relate it to God!!