If God really is who He says He is, then I don’t want to
live in a cloud.
It was a rainy Saturday morning, but I’m hardcore so I got
up anyway and headed to the popular Rattlesnake Ledge. Most people refer to it
as Rattlesnake Ridge, but that’s not what the sign says. The parking lot had
enough cars to feel comfortable and few enough to not feel annoyed.
You have to walk a rocky path to get to the trailhead, but
on the way you meet Rattlesnake Lake. It feels like a scene out of Lord of the
Rings. You can see remnants of the Ents after the battle for middle earth. It’s
weird.
The rain let up as I began to climb or maybe the trees just
took over. Either way, I was reasonably dry. The trail is nothing too
interesting beyond the lake, unless of course, you’re with a good friend. It
was a beautiful forest when I took time to lift my head and look. I was working
my way up another switchback and then it happened. Everything became so much
clearer, so much better. I turned around and looked back at where I had come
from. It was complete mist and fog. I
had been walking through a cloud, and I didn’t even know it. To me, everything
seemed right and beautiful, just as it should have been. I had no idea how
wrong I was until the path cleared up.
After standing there for a few minutes amazed at what just happened, I began to think about how we don’t realize when things become
foggy on our walk with God until we go to a place like Malibu, hear an
uncomfortable sermon, experience a tear-jerking quiet-time, or take a hike.
Then you look back and see what you were doing—living in a cloud. I had just
visited Malibu earlier in the week. The experience was unreal for me. I felt
more myself than anywhere, anytime in my life. It’s so clear up there. This
hike was reminding me of it. It was telling me not to go back to who I was.
It’s hard though because most of the time, you don’t even realize you’re pretending
until He gives you another moment. But then again, knowing Him, maybe we just
need to ask.
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