If there is something I noticed and
miss a lot EVERY DAY of my "small town life" is how safe I felt
always when walking outside. In the big city I live now I'm constantly reminded
of not wearing jewelry, not taking anything valuable with me, not going to places
when is already dark and by myself, and locking my house every time I enter or
leave. All this things I didn't have to think about before, suddenly I need to
think about again. I'm also amazed of how much people talk about finances and
getting "new stuff" here. Is it because now I have a real job? Is it
because I'm out of college? Or has it always been this way?
Anyways, the point
is that today something changed in me when I was walking to the office.
Suddenly, I realized how safe I was regardless of how unsafe everyone tells me
this place is. Yeah, I don't have the latest cellphone, computer, nice jewelry
or neither a car... nor I really need any of that. During college, whenever I
had a little bit of money I began planning a trip somewhere in the U.S. or the
world. A lot of times I traveled on mission trips, and many times were just
vacations on holidays... but each trip and travel I had taught me so much about
myself, about this world, and about the sovereignty of God.
Therefore I have
nothing to be afraid when walking outside, people can only take away from me
material things I may have, but no one can ever take away from me everything I
learned. Nobody can take away from me the knowledge I have acquired all of
these years, and that is far more valuable than any material things we can
possess.
Although it is so
easy to put a value on the things we can see and touch, sometimes those things
we cannot see or touch are far more valuable.
"Because you
have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet
have believed." - John 20:29