Ze Matt(erhorn)

Hello,

Well since the last post we spent a couple of days in Zermatt (home town of the Matterhorn.. big mountain). We didn't have any plans so it was pretty laid back. Very restful.

I have been getting a lot of feelings of being cooped up lately, so I tried to escape to the great outdoors as much as possible. Did some solo sight-seeing, going on a 45 minute cog-wheel train up the side of a few mountains to a beautiful viewing spot of the Matterhorn. I didn't really know where the train was going so I didn't really dress for the snow, once again, and got rather chilled. Hung out in the snow for a few hours, listened to a great Riverview podcast of Paul Morrison on Patience. Not sure what date it was from, but it's a great message if you're into podcast thingies (I'm a total noob with it all..). He told a great story about his wife, Bec's, grandfather and God's patience with him and all of us. It's amazing when you think of what a relational God He is and how He just longs to be with us and for us to want to be with Him. Yet, He waits patiently for us to accept Him, then to actually spend time with Him and know Him deep in our hearts.. it is quite a process (well, for me anyway). Yet God doesn't stand there tapping his feet, holding a grudge. He just has open arms, full of love. It's overwhelming, isn't it? When people say "God is love" He really is. His patience alone shows it. Why did/does my flesh/natural being sometimes want to be so disgusting as to think spending time with God is a chore? I get so outraged with myself at times. It's ridiculous. I'm fairly new to the whole disciplining the flesh in line with my spirit, but it works. I know that my spirit longs for God and more than 10 minutes a day. We are now under the covenant (ick, religious word!) to be with God as Adam was.. freely and openly. I want to get to that place where my spirit is totally in control of what I want in life, which is to do the will of God, to know Him deeper and closer everyday. Thank God for His grace, kindness and abundance of patience.

Whoa, anyway.. Zermatt was great. Mountains and beautiful villages (will load more photos on when I find a connector thingy). We're back in Montreux where we're staying in an apartment on the mountain till the other apartment is ready. It's really nice here. Went grocery shopping and was gobsmacked at the prices. Although, with all the warnings in travel guides etc, I shouldn't have been. Oh well. It's raining so I didn't have a chance to play outside this afternoon. We are living up a steep hill so I might force myself to walk a long way down just so I am forced to walk up.. hehe, I love tricking myself into more exercise.

I hope this post has made any sense to anyone. It's really just ramblings, sharing what's in my head at this very moment which is probably not a good idea for me to keep doing these late night entries.. oops. I really am a morning person.

Will write an early morning, sensible post shortly :)

Love Kel

xx