Beautiful Display of Creation

This last week our team was able to experience something incredible. We had the opportunity to go and climb Mount Sinai, the same mountain the Isrealites camped beneath and the same one that Moses climbed, and the same one God descended on so many years ago. We left on Sunday night and traveled six hours to the mountain. We got there at about three in the morning so we could climb to the top to see the sunrise. Sharalin and I took camels as far as we could, and then took 750 more "stairs of repentence" to the top. The final steps to the peek were quite rugged and steep, but once you made it the view was beautiful. These weathered mountains are really unlike any other mountain I've seen. They aren't jagged but rounded by the dessert winds that blast sand against there form. We sat at the top with what must have been at least 200 people, but everyone was quiet just watching the beautiful display of light and colour of the sunrise. Once we made our way down we headed to the red sea to spend a few days at the beach. After settling in I walked down to get my first glimps of the red sea. It really is beautiful. I was just able to sit there for a while and think about all the history that took place at this sea. This was a place where many were resqued by an incredible miracle, and where many died. God touched these waters, and split this sea. He came to where the Isrealites were. As I sat there, I knew it was just a place, and just water, but I also knew it wasn't just God. He is a god who resques and loves. He comes to where you are at and comes along side you. In the many lessons I'm learning while I'm here, I think I'm learning the most how God just comes along side me right where I am.