Mark posted a detailed (but not overly detailed) outline of our trip to Israel and all the places we visited. And since he probably remembers more then I do. Check it out here.
I've been meaning to post my personal outcome of the trip, but it's hard. I really don't think I have some amazing revelation that I walked away with. Of course it was crazy cool to have walked in the place Jesus walked. To have been in the place that Jesus taught and served, but I wasn't moved in some huge or life changing way. Granted I don't get all "holy place" with things. My Jesus lives in my heart and my life and doesn't reside in some special place on this earth. Yesterday when reading Jesus' resurrection. I can see those places or "could be" places in my head. I know what they look like and it gives me new understanding. But scripture has always been God's word and sharper then a double edged sword; cutting straight to the heart. Something I've said my whole life, but am only now coming to place in my life that every time I read scripture, it is God's word speaking truth to my life.
That didn't take going to Israel that took getting over myself and embracing the REAL Jesus and not one we've created in our heads. Going to Israel helped me love my God with my mind.
Pictures: (click the links below)
Jordan River Baptisms
Other Israel
10 years ago
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