Mt. Sherman, Colorado
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You'd think that it would be easy to reach the summit of a 14er; just keep climbing and when you can't climb any higher you've reached the summit. That sounds good but it isn't that easy. In fact, when everything looks the same, as it does above timberline, it's easy to get lost and disoriented.
Rock cairns like these keep you pointed in the right direction.
"Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path." Psalm 119:105 New Living Translation
Life shouldn't be hard, right? Just keep climbing. The problem is that sin points us in the wrong direction and eventually we find ourselves trapped. We'd like to believe that we don't need help to live, but such is not the case. Every time we try to play god we end up in the wrong place.
And given the fact that we end up in the wrong place we can (and probably will) do the wrong thing. So instead of reaching the summit we end up in the pit of despair or some other place of desperation. We'd love to blame God for our problems, but in reality we ignored the "cairns" of his Word. He doesn't force us to follow his path. He invites us.
The good news? There is no better search and rescue team than God's Spirit. And there's no pit so deep that the cross of Christ can't reach.
Rock cairns like these keep you pointed in the right direction.
"Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path." Psalm 119:105 New Living Translation
Life shouldn't be hard, right? Just keep climbing. The problem is that sin points us in the wrong direction and eventually we find ourselves trapped. We'd like to believe that we don't need help to live, but such is not the case. Every time we try to play god we end up in the wrong place.
And given the fact that we end up in the wrong place we can (and probably will) do the wrong thing. So instead of reaching the summit we end up in the pit of despair or some other place of desperation. We'd love to blame God for our problems, but in reality we ignored the "cairns" of his Word. He doesn't force us to follow his path. He invites us.
The good news? There is no better search and rescue team than God's Spirit. And there's no pit so deep that the cross of Christ can't reach.
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