Wet Valley & Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado
Why don't the residents of this home cut down the dead trees? The view of this peak in the Sangre de Cristo mountains is amazing. The trees are beautiful and there is even a hint of green in the grass, something unusual for much of Colorado but not for the Wet Valley.
Cutting down the trees and removing the wood ought to make this pastoral picture even more pastoral. But death remains.
How we'd like for the reality of death to disappear. But it doesn't. Cut down these dead trees and eventually the living trees will replace them.
We deal with one person's death and not long down the road we find ourselves dealing with another person's death.
"On this mountain he will remove the veil of grief covering all people and the mask covering all nations. He will swallow up death forever. The Almighty LORD will wipe away tears from every face, and he will remove the disgrace of his people from the whole earth. The LORD has spoken." Isaiah 25:17-8 God's Word to the Nations
For those of us in Christ we know that one day our tears, brought by death, will cease. We don't need to lose heart, nor focus on the reality of death around us. With this promise of God we can even enjoy the mountains while living with death.
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-14Douglas P. Brauner. ARR
Cutting down the trees and removing the wood ought to make this pastoral picture even more pastoral. But death remains.
How we'd like for the reality of death to disappear. But it doesn't. Cut down these dead trees and eventually the living trees will replace them.
We deal with one person's death and not long down the road we find ourselves dealing with another person's death.
"On this mountain he will remove the veil of grief covering all people and the mask covering all nations. He will swallow up death forever. The Almighty LORD will wipe away tears from every face, and he will remove the disgrace of his people from the whole earth. The LORD has spoken." Isaiah 25:17-8 God's Word to the Nations
For those of us in Christ we know that one day our tears, brought by death, will cease. We don't need to lose heart, nor focus on the reality of death around us. With this promise of God we can even enjoy the mountains while living with death.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
(Click on picture to enlarge.)
Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-14
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