June 24, 2016

My husband and I are still in Colorado but we are winding down our stay.   Yesterday we rode our horses in the Rocky Mountains for seven hours and felt so close to God and his creations.    We saw so many amazing, beautiful things.   God has blessed us with so much beauty on this earth.   But in the midst of the beauty I realize that these mountains can be very dangerous as well.   We have been very careful to carry water when we venture out and always have a map of the trails with us. Last evening a big - mountain size - thunder storm rolled through.   We were back at camp and safe, but those storm s can pop up so easily, with little warning sometimes.   This experience has made me think about life in general.  God has given us so many wonderful things, but if we do not use them in the right way, and pay attention to the dangers, we can lose our way all too quickly.   Peter tells us in Acts 3:19 to "repent then and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord."  This repentence brings refreshment for our soul as well as the refreshment my husband and I have found in the mountains.    Thanks for that reminder, Peter!