Palmer Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Palmer Park is a 730 acre park smack dab in the middle of Colorado Springs. It has the usual park stuff like a playground, baseball fields and a dog run, but many people like Palmer Park for its 25 miles of trails shared by mountain bikers and hikers.
I'm not a mountain biker (I'd hardly call myself a hiker). I can't imagine riding a bike on some of these trails. The sandstone erodes easily making these trails anything but smooth. In fact, the face of the park has been greatly influenced by the forces of nature and human travel.
"Against its will, all creation was subjected to God's curse. But with eager hope, the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay." Romans 8:20 New Living Translation
It seems like everything around us is in the process of decaying, a fact of which I have become more keenly aware as I age (my feet are aching as I write this blog).
In the midst of all this decay is life; life that comes in the form of a promise that we share with all creation.
The beauty of God's promises is that we experience them even before they're fulfilled. Today you might experience the effects of decay in a friendship, marriage or health itself. But this decay cannot stop you from experiencing the breath of life that belongs to God.
There is life in this eroding world and it comes from Christ.
I'm not a mountain biker (I'd hardly call myself a hiker). I can't imagine riding a bike on some of these trails. The sandstone erodes easily making these trails anything but smooth. In fact, the face of the park has been greatly influenced by the forces of nature and human travel.
"Against its will, all creation was subjected to God's curse. But with eager hope, the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay." Romans 8:20 New Living Translation
It seems like everything around us is in the process of decaying, a fact of which I have become more keenly aware as I age (my feet are aching as I write this blog).
In the midst of all this decay is life; life that comes in the form of a promise that we share with all creation.
The beauty of God's promises is that we experience them even before they're fulfilled. Today you might experience the effects of decay in a friendship, marriage or health itself. But this decay cannot stop you from experiencing the breath of life that belongs to God.
There is life in this eroding world and it comes from Christ.
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