Nothing beats a road trip with some college friends. This is from our day hike to the summit of Half Dome in Yosemite. The line going down the middle of the rock is a mix of cables and people :-)

Bruce, Kelly, Ben, and Myself. We made it! Whew... tiring and stressful! 

I made it to the top of half dome! Nothing like snow caps in June! 

Going down was SO much easier than coming up... even as intimidating as this looks! Those trees below are probably at LEAST 30 feet high.

Practicing the pursuit of God.

Greggy-DSo, I'm realizing tonight (after having some distractions removed) how I have been trying to fill the companionship that has been lacking between me and God...with people. Sometimes it's good to take a hot bath to relax the body and let the mind meditate... to just "be still and know that I am God."

I feel like my pursuit of other people would be much more fulfilling if I was already fulfilled. I could serve and love them better that way. I need to practice pursuing God, to learn more about how he is constantly pursuing me, before I may adequately pursue others for whatever the relationship may be: friends, family, or even romance.

Help me to heed to your gentle, loving call, Jesus.

Embrace the mystery; Finding oneself in being lost

I just watched The Motorcycle Diaries tonight. Wonderful movie. It's the kind of thing that is great to watch with friends, but at the same time makes you want to be by yourself to have some serious introverted reflection time.

It makes me wait with much more anticipation for our road trip. I leave in about a week. I'm actually a little bit nervous. I don't know if I'm ready, but I'm also excited to go. I hope that me and my friends don't get on each other's nerves. 12 days is a LONG time to hang out with anyone.

I was hoping to write some more tonight, but sleepiness is setting in and my thoughts are eluding me. As far as the title of this entry... I hope it kind of speaks for itself. I'm looking forward to losing ourselves on purpose in the wilderness in Yosemite, but thinking that I'll find myself some in doing this. We should have a blast. I don't know that I've ever done anything like this and it should be quite the adventure.