Two days ago I came up with the great idea that I could spend Tuesday night (last night) in Park Butte fire lookout with some friends. I called them up and after some convincing and switching of schedules we were set. Zach Swanson, Chris Ludeman, and I left yesterday directly after school so we could hopefully finish the short three mile hike before sundown. Due to the elevation of the trail head and the fact of the recent snow, I knew we would hit some snow on the fifteen mile access road. What we didn't realize was that the snow was at elevations a LOT lower then we thought! It was low enough to close the road five miles from the trail head we had hoped to park at....our three mile hike became an eight mile hike and it was already 4pm.
We set out, knowing that it wouldnt be the wisest choice to try to make it all the way to the cabin. After two miles of hiking; we decided to make a group decision, do we continue? Yes(expecting more snow, and probably not getting to the cabin until 10pm); or No(wiser, but way lamer)!
None of us wanting to face the fact that it wouldnt be that good of an idea to continue. "No" was our conclusion! Each of us was slightly ticked at the whole situation as we turned around, but after a few minutes of silence we decided to each say something we are thankful for following the alphabet from A to Z.
We made it back to the car safely and had a fun time hanging out at Chris' for the evening.
However, all the more I realize how much I dont like saying "No" to things!
Why did I think this was worthy enough for a blog post?
Recently I have seen how this concept of saying "no" applies to all parts of my christian life!
Both to saying "no" to sins AND to saying "No" to some "godly" activities! Countless times I have great opportunities to serve or fill my time with "godly" things, but more and more I have seen how many people are too busy in the rat-race of life doing "godly" things! They eventually dont even have enough down time to spend a few minutes a day alown with God and grow in a relationship with him.
Some Pics from the trip.
A sign on the way there.
Zach was very excited about the sign!
Getting ready to start our hike.
Dont give me that look!
On out way home. Donuts always make things better!
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