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Red Rock Canyon, Colorado Springs
The beauty of hiking a trail that you've never been on before is that you don't know what to expect. Granted you can do your best to follow a trail on Google Earth but it isn't the same as exploring a new trail.
Even when you've hiked a path numerous times and you could walk that path blindfolded, the weather conditions and time of day might cause you to see something you haven't noticed before, but you've got to look up to notice these details.
Hiking with my camera forces me to stop looking at my feet and gaze at my surroundings. Does that cause problems? When I took this picture I almost fell flat on my face as I stumbled over a rock. That's the risk of walking with your head up.
"Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in." Psalm 24:7 New International Version
On Palm Sunday. God will invite us to lift up our heads to receive the one who rides humbly into Jerusalem as our King. If we stare at our feet we might miss the beauty of this event.
Besides, if you lift your eyes, you might see something different about your King of glory as the Holy Spirit reveals to you the one who not only rides a beast of burden but who is that beast of burden on the cross.
Even when you've hiked a path numerous times and you could walk that path blindfolded, the weather conditions and time of day might cause you to see something you haven't noticed before, but you've got to look up to notice these details.
Hiking with my camera forces me to stop looking at my feet and gaze at my surroundings. Does that cause problems? When I took this picture I almost fell flat on my face as I stumbled over a rock. That's the risk of walking with your head up.
"Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in." Psalm 24:7 New International Version
On Palm Sunday. God will invite us to lift up our heads to receive the one who rides humbly into Jerusalem as our King. If we stare at our feet we might miss the beauty of this event.
Besides, if you lift your eyes, you might see something different about your King of glory as the Holy Spirit reveals to you the one who not only rides a beast of burden but who is that beast of burden on the cross.
Question for Today: Why is it hard to lift up your eyes to see Jesus?
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2014 Douglas P. Brauner. ARR.
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