Think About It

One of the reasons I like to travel is that it gives me a different perspective of my world.  I remember when I was in Hawaii I thought about how big this planet is (and how far I was away from home if something happened).  When I visit Latin America, I am reminded of how many conveniences we have in the United States – but also how ignorant I sound when I try to speak Spanish.  The Rocky Mountains are a lesson in just how insignificant I feel standing at the base of a 14,000 foot mountain and a look out onto the Atlantic Ocean is a reminder of just how much more the earth there is out the that I have never seen!   While there are great natural reminders in this world, there are also spiritual reminders as well.  When the Apostle Paul introduced the church in Colossae to Jesus he told them, “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.  For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or ru