Ends of da Earth

As a young student in SAS (also known 2 mi as the SA Commonality after the system of dividing areas for e Capellan Confederation--in dis fictional set of sci-fi books known as the Battletech/Mechwarrior series, but dats way out of topic), i was told durin chapel lessons by a parish worker how he was called into full-time ministry..

evidently, he had sat on dis huge rock juttin over the sea (in Australia also) n had felt the still, small voice of God speak to his heart..

fast forward to 2006..just returned from a trip to Port Macquarie on Wednesdae nite..n 1 of e high points of e trip was goin to Tacking Point Lighthouse in Port Macq n clamberin onto e edge of a granite n limestone cliff overlookin e sea below..without any safety rails aroun of course..n seein wat i call One End Of The Earth...juttin right out n overlookin sea below..boundless blue above n in front till the azure ribbon of sky met the turquoise band of the sea at the horizon..

1 song played in my mind as i stood there in the freezin chill wind overlookin e expanse of nothingness..I believe in you, and i would go; to the Ends of The Earth, to the Ends of the Earth, for you...Ends of The Earth..a christian piece by e Planetshakers if i'm not mistaken..

One has gone to the ends of the earth for mi n i, in my time, will be led to make my own journey to my end of the earth for dat One..of course, i told no 1 wat i felt or experienced..they won't understand i noe..n also, they would not b much concerned wat i felt bout a rock ..

wat strikes mi most is not so much e smallness of man compared to e world aroun him but dat in life we are all challenged inspite of difficuties we face n even happiness we enjoy to rise higher n become all dat we are made to be..in character, nature and achievement..be it for the Powers Dat Be or ourselves..there is something more important than us as individuals..family, society, nation, God..lets hope we're all not so myopic we can't recognize this..

sometimes i wonder, how far would u n i go for things dat mean something to us?if you're willing to go to the ends of the Earth, u just might find a brilliant horizon waitin beyond..cheers..