In life, there are so many have tos, shouldn'ts, don'ts, gotta's, normals, averages and need too's, its nice to take the less travelled four wheel drive road away from convention. Here's what we saw when we took a two wheel drive Tahoe up a four-wheel drive road:
I wish you could feel the 50 degree wind whistling through the rocks and wildflowers. It's very refreshing on an August day (when it is 105 degrees in Texas).
The flowers that grow here are like no other anywhere else in the world.
At this altitude, spruce trees only get about 6 foot tall.
Yep, that is snow in August. Yep, we got in a snowball fight. Yep, it was cold.I encourage you to take the less travelled road....the road that takes you where you didn't even know you needed to be to see things you didn't know existed. It stretches your faith and puts your trust squarely where it needs to be...in the hands of God. Forgive someone who hurt you. Feed a homeless person. Give a generous gift to church or an charity that does good for people. Raise your hands in church. Pray out loud for 6 hours. Do something daring that God is moving you to do. God wants you to take the risk, follow him into adventure. Your faith won't know what hit it...
Great post. ...I like hiking for the same reasons--it is neat how God can take something as ordinary as a walk or ride off the beaten path to teach us many different lessons. I love how he can use ANTHING to teach us!
ReplyDelete"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
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There is a society, where none intrudes,
............Lord Byron
Excellent poem, Nannykim.
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