So, last night I was going to celebrate the fourth of July by blowing things up with good friends, however, I had already set up a Skype session with a good friend and mentor back home. So naturally, I tried to find the party afterwards. The part that I forgot though was that the party was fairly deep in the woods, in Germany, at night. I thought, "I can find this. Let's go!" So I took the bus to the French Quarter of town (with no incidents) and tried to find this party in the woods...I got lost. I could see the fireworks in the distance and heard the laughter so I tried to make my way in that direction and I ended up on a trail in the middle of the woods with little animals scurrying about giving me a heart attack every 5 seconds. I thought about calling them and then I realized that I left that form of communication back at Unterwegs. So I was for all intents and purposes stuck in the woods with no phone and the phone I did have (that I can't use to call people without being charged like a bajillion dollars) was running low on battery and that was my flashlight. I felt like I was in the middle of a slender man game (If you don't know this look up the Tobuscus Play Through of a Slender Man Game on Youtube its funny). I eventually made it out of there in one piece so that was thrilling. With that being said though (Yes this is not the end of the story, stick with me though I promise it gets better), my friend who was hosting the party told me the next morning that this particular forest still had some French land mines active. So to summarize, I was walking around the forest with no means of communication, with a dying flashlight, trying to find friends who I knew were nearby, without realizing that a potential danger could be looming.
While that may sound terrifying, I was on a trail for most of that time (only a few minutes where I lost sight of the trail) and the areas where the mines are thought to be have signs all around them. So I wasn't ever in any real danger (though it does make for a fantastic story). The reason I tell this story (besides the obvious hilarity that ensues from your reading this) is that I think this is really similar to what life looks like for everyone who walks around. We wander around in the dark thinking that everyone around us has it all together based on their laughter and fireworks while we are trying to find out where everyone is and how they got there. Our batteries are running low, we are frustrated and we want to go home. One of the things I like about Unterwegs is that it means "Along the Way." Along the way really describes where we are at, whether we are there (or think we are there) or know that we have no idea what we are doing.
When Jesus says, I am the way the truth and the life. He did not say how messed up the path would be, or how hard the truth is to face, or how difficult life can be. He just said that He is the path to take. We are all still going along the way in life and in all reality none of us have made it to the end of that path because we are dumb and in the middle of the forest in Germany at 11 PM with an almost dead battery and Slenderman is waiting around the corner to grab you. Not that I have personal experience with that or anything. Keep going along the way.
See you Guys!
Jacob Bush
While that may sound terrifying, I was on a trail for most of that time (only a few minutes where I lost sight of the trail) and the areas where the mines are thought to be have signs all around them. So I wasn't ever in any real danger (though it does make for a fantastic story). The reason I tell this story (besides the obvious hilarity that ensues from your reading this) is that I think this is really similar to what life looks like for everyone who walks around. We wander around in the dark thinking that everyone around us has it all together based on their laughter and fireworks while we are trying to find out where everyone is and how they got there. Our batteries are running low, we are frustrated and we want to go home. One of the things I like about Unterwegs is that it means "Along the Way." Along the way really describes where we are at, whether we are there (or think we are there) or know that we have no idea what we are doing.
When Jesus says, I am the way the truth and the life. He did not say how messed up the path would be, or how hard the truth is to face, or how difficult life can be. He just said that He is the path to take. We are all still going along the way in life and in all reality none of us have made it to the end of that path because we are dumb and in the middle of the forest in Germany at 11 PM with an almost dead battery and Slenderman is waiting around the corner to grab you. Not that I have personal experience with that or anything. Keep going along the way.
See you Guys!
Jacob Bush
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