It was outing day at Campfirmation. History tells me that having rain on outing day is typical, even expected. Today was no exception. Well, except that the rain came before we started cooking.
Let me explain. As we waited at the bottom of the trail we planned to hike up to Craggy Pinnacle, we watched a storm roll in. So, based on the wisdom of those making decisions, we decided to try doing the cookout before the hike - a slight change of plans. As we headed to the picnic area, the bottom dropped out and it rained, hard. There we sat, in the vehicles, hoping it would quickly blow over.
After what seemed a reasonable amount of time, the adults became antsy. Even if the rain stopped, how would it get dry enough to cook on the grills? Did we have enough time to even try? Most importantly, did we have enough charcoal?
Bottom line, the rain did stop enough for it to be decided we would go ahead and cook. In fact, we had a really nice cookout. Then, as the sun was coming out from behind the clouds, another decision was made - to go back and try the hike.
As we headed down the trail, the leader who had taken a chance by making the decisions to cook and take the hike said something like, “I was planning in chronos time, but God had a kairos moment in mind.”
What he meant - he had things planned as he thought they should go, but God had some quality time in mind that would not have happened or worked out had the first plan taken place. Being on the pinnacle near sunset was a moment in time unmatched by anything we humans could have created. Truly God moments of basking in God’s amazing creation!
Blessings.
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