Instead of our usual hike to different mountain lakes in the area, I hiked with 4 of our dogs 6 miles up from our home. I'll share some of the sights.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Up Barrett Creek
Instead of our usual hike to different mountain lakes in the area, I hiked with 4 of our dogs 6 miles up from our home. I'll share some of the sights.
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Thoough this is a power pole and a hawk's nest, I can not help but view this as a representation of the cross and the crown of thorns my Savior bore when he took all my sins away. It also reminds of the hymn, "When I Survey That Wondrous Cross:
When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.
See from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
His dying crimson, like a robe,
Spreads o’er His body on the tree;
Then I am dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
[Added by the compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern]
To Christ, who won for sinners grace
By bitter grief and anguish sore,
Be praise from all the ransomed race
Forever and forevermore.
Palm of My Hand
Today I read a devotional by Sharon Jaymes, and was once again reminded that God loves me so much that He has written my name on the palm of His hand. Why do we write on the palms of our hands? Mostly, we write as a reminder of something or someone we don't want to forget. What a special God we have. He collects our tears in a bottle, write our names on His palms, sings to us. Oh how we are loved. a link to that devotion:Girlfriends in God - Sept. 13, 2010
As I read this devotion, tears start to well up and I again felt the shame and humiliation from the actions and comments of a 4th grade teacher. I stood before my class of 30 9 years old and was told to demonstrate how I blew my nose or didn't blow my nose. I must have suffered from some type of allergy, as my nose was always running. Oh how I wish I could have seen Jesus, wiping my tears, holding and hugging me that day. Instead I felt the tears-tears God was collecting, and the anger and the hurt-the anger and hurt He bore on the cross and knew He loved me above all else. Praise Him I know that now.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Tendoy Lake
The latest adventure of the Food Pantry Hiking Society headed us to Tendoy Lake. 3.5 miles into a beautiful cirque lake. Three hearty souls with God's song in their heart, visited this part of God's creation. and oh did we so enjoy it. It was the last hike of the all for one of the members. School beckoned, and so did the need for a paycheck. We may pick her up on some of our fall & winter adventures.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
rainbows
Every time I see a rainbow, I think of God's covenant with Noah, a covenant not to destroy the world. I personalize it and remember God has no plans to destroy me, but to prosper me, to calm me, and to rejoice in me. I love rainbows
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