Author	Thread: What will this day be?
Admin	What will this day be? Posted : 30 Jan, 2011 08:44 PM I live on the side of a hill. It seems more like a mountain but is called a foot hill. My home is at 7,000 ft elev. Behind our "mountain" is Pikes Peak which is 14,110 ft in elevation. ( I have been up at the top of the mountain once so far.) This morning when I looked outside it seemed to be gray and gloomy. I started a fire in the fire place and made some coffee. When I walked across the kitchen to look out at the gray day I looked up to the top of the hill behind my house. There,the mountain glistened in the sun as the rocks that make a tall cliff reflected down on me. A thought came to my mind: Here, in the valley where I live, it is still dark but there, in the heights, there is a bright light. It made me think of how our days can be now. We see so much darkness around us and the world can often seem gloomy and cold, but if we look up we will see the shining glory of the coming day and look forward to the warmth of the presence of our Father. Thunder Post Reply
View Profile History	What will this day be? Posted : 30 Jan, 2011 08:53 PM Beautiful analogy, Thunder. I like to call it the "secret place" as in Psalm 91. Wherever I am, even a dark night of my soul, I can look up and see His light and go to that secret place in my spirit. :purpleangel: Post Reply
View Profile History	What will this day be? Posted : 30 Jan, 2011 09:17 PM Thunder, I always saw Pike's Peak as a great big hug from heaven. If you look at it from just the right angle (from most of the Springs, at least the Springs as it was twenty years ago), the 'arms' reaching down from the Peak are spreading their arms out, embracing the city. These days, as I struggle, I recall the view of the Peak I so often took for granted. God is our rock, our refuge, always there with a Fatherly hug, if we have the eyes to see it. Post Reply
View Profile History	What will this day be? Posted : 31 Jan, 2011 06:33 PM Mountainlass, I have a picture of Pikes Peak and also the diamond of Longs Peak on my profile. Have you seen them? Thunder Post Reply
View Profile History	What will this day be? Posted : 31 Jan, 2011 08:20 PM I have! You make me homesick. But that's a good thing. It's too easy for me to forget the wonder and grandeur of God's creation here in the . . . well, southwest Oklahoma. (I myself am not a fan of miles and miles of unbroken horizon. How do you know when the sun has set when there's no mountain for it to go behind?!) Post Reply