"for the anxious longing of creation waites eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God... even we ourselves groan within ourselves , waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body." rom. 8:9,23.
the dramatic drive through the seirra nevadas and south around the western divide was like death to life. death valley, fantastic and beautiful but also frightening, brought us to the lowest point in the western hemisphere - to a salty crunchy floor with puddles of "badwater"
application of chapstick = once every quarter of an hour.
My sould seemed to cry out for something... water? life? hospitality? we camped part way through the park under a huge sky (mark - adam and i saw a "did you see THAT?" shooting star). this place was truly the beauty of desloation...
the next day we drove down around the western divide and up through the national forest that became greener and greener at every turn of the winding mountain road. cows and hourses in pasture, lush fields of rolling mountains... water, flowing freely, and sun and shade both - it was like the promised land. the smell of the orange tree orchards was like sweet jasmine tea. this was a crossing over into new life -- a thirst quenching taste of living water.
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Your journals paint images to my soul.
"you have watered all the dead places in me"
i celebrate with you the dry barren-ness that gives way to birth, water, succulence! i am there with you lying on our backs in the desert with the shooting stars. listen to better than ezra "at the stars" if you haven't in a while...
the video was GREAT! lately i've been thankful to have a strong efficient heart that allows me to be active: i thought of this when i watched it. keep taking advantage of the healthy bodies that you live in!!!!
god is smiling at you now.
Hey guys! Glad to hear you are having such a great time on your travels. You know, I travel a little bit myself. Just went to home depot the other day and thought some pretty deep philosophical stuff. Like chew on this: how many boards would the barbarians hoard if the barbarian hordes got bored? It kinda makes you want to laugh, kinda makes you want to cry, but most of all, you just want to remember what you came into the store in the first place for. The Norfolk Horde misses you...
And she kept running and running...and then she stopped.
PG
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