6/26/10

Today was a really nice and adventurous day. We tried to explore the Imperial Palace, but our group was too big, so we ended up just going to the Kiyomizu temple on the other side of the city. It was a pain to get there because you have to walk up a really big hill, but when you get there it's such a beautiful sight. We went through this tour where they took us under one of the shrines, and it was in complete darkness. We basically went in a big circle and when we came to the end, there was a big rotating stone. After we went through it, we were all wondering what the significance of that tour was. But after really thinking about it, I realized that I had never been in a place of complete darkness like that, and it gave me goosebumps thinking about it. To be totally cliche, it was like my life before I came to know Christ. When I was walking through the darkness, I had no direction of where I was going, but when I saw the light at the end of the tour, I had a sense of direction. While I was going towards the light, it made me happy knowing that I'd be out of the darkness. But like I said before, it took me a while to realize this. After a couple of hours at the temple, we finally headed home. Even though we didn't go to campus today, God still made me realize some things, and I praise Him for that.