The Power of Memory...

last week, cailyn and i were on vacation with our families in the smoky mountains of tennessee. it was a great trip for many reasons. some of the things that stick out to me the most actually took place in the traveling to and returning from tennessee.

part of what traveling from warrensburg to tennessee meant, was that we would be crossing over our bike route from last summer (for those that don't know, cailyn and i rode bicycles from virginia to yellowstone national park last summer...if you are interested in reading about the trip, you can check out the blog posts in the archives of this blog from May, June and July of 2010).

we actually crossed the route in two different locations (we went home a different way than we traveled there). our return trip, took us over last summer's route at berea, kentucky. as we passed the exit, read the signs, and looked at the surroundings, it was amazing how quickly all of the memories came rushing back.

we stayed the night in berea, and within minutes, we were able to remember where we camped and ate dinner the night we were there. we reminisced about a college campus we rode past that day. we reflected on conversations with a kid at the campground who was from a suburb of my home town. we remembered phone calls we made that night and pictures taken there. the memories seemed to just flow and flow.

it was amazing to be literally flooded with memories! what a blessing to relive such a great time in our lives!

as i processed all of these memories, i began to think about just how amazing it is that God created us with the ability to remember and to think and to reminisce back to memories. it is amazing to me and is one of the things that makes me the most confident there is a God and He is the Creator of life! i can wrap my mind around the physical and scientific pieces of our bodies. and while they are incredible, they are still very logical. but our minds, memories and the ability to think are not logical...i can't begin to wrap my mind around it. and i love it. it causes me to stand in awe of God. it causes me to worship Him!

He is God and i am not, and therefore He understands the making and recalling of a memory...He knows how the mind works, and i do not...and for that i am grateful...and for that and so much more i choose to worship Him as the Creator God!