Yesterday afternoon, scores of children, many of whom our partners sponsor got their diplomas moving them to the next grade of their education process. We were so proud of the kids and their accomplishment and their smiles filled their faces as they walked up onto the makeshift stage to receive their diploma. We missed last Fridays ceremony at the other school in the colonia, as we hunkered down in another colonia at a graduation ceremony when a big storm trapped us there for quite a while. The kids were all dressed up for the event and a few were awarded bicycles when their number was selected from a random drawing. Paula and Ruthy had prepared enough gift bags so that each student went home with a diploma and a gift. Graduation balloons and gift filled baskets were also given by some proud parents.
As far as the mountain top experience goes, have you ever really been there? Has there been a time when you just basked in the good things of God and never wanted things to change? You wanted to stay on the mountain top didn't you? Well I have to ask, how long did it last? How long were you allowed to stay there before some fiery trail came your way? I heard some one speaking about the mountain top. Have you ever been lets say on Pikes Peak in Colorado? What was it like? I remember the spectacular views of life below the mountain top. It was green and alive the further down you looked, the prettier it was. But on top, it was cold, you could even say freezing. There was no vegetation around, it was barren of any significant life, I found myself not being able to breath because of the thin air. I could only enjoy it for a little while and then I needed, no, I wanted to go back down. Back down where life is, with all it's trails, and challenges, and air, oh I how loved to take a deep breath when I came down. There were flowers, and trees and animals.
We can't survive on the mountain, and neither could Moses. We have to go back down where the people are. Those lost and hurting people that only you and I can reach. They have spent their whole life in the deep valleys of life and they need to have that once in a lifetime mountain top experience with God and we are the tour guides. We had a tour guide on the train as we climbed Pike Peak. He pointed out certain things of interest along the way, but when we got to the top, He was now where to be found. He just cut us loose to enjoy our own personal experience on the mountain top, and when we boarded the train to head back down he was there again talking us through the decent to the valley. That's the discipleship we need to engage in. We need to talk to people about the life changing experience that Jesus Christ can bring, take them to the mountain top and then walk through life with them, showing them the great things of God along the way.
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