Consider Jesus. Know Jesus. Learn what kind of Person it is you say you trust and love and worship. Soak in the shadow of Jesus. Saturate your soul with the ways of Jesus. Watch Him. Listen to Him. Stand in awe of Him. Let Him overwhelm you with the way He is.

- John Piper

photo taken in Garden of the Gods

Colorado Springs, Colorado

(as always, thanks for driving, Tara!)

“At the timberline where the storms strike with the most fury, the

sturdiest trees are found.” -Hudson Taylor.

photo taken near the Continental Divide, Colorado

Spiritual Friendship

Let this law, therefore, be held in respect among friends, namely, they expend themselves and

their goods for one another in such a way that he who gives preserves a cheerful aspect,

and that he who receives does not lose confidence. When Boaz observed the poverty

of Ruth, the Moabite, he spoke to her as she was gathering ears of corn behind his

reapers, consoled her and invited her to the table of his servants, and sparing in kindly

fashion her embarrassment, he ordered his reapers to leave ears of corn even

purposely so that she might collect them without shame. In the same way we ought

the more adroitly seek out the needs of our friends, anticipate their requests

by good services, and observe such demeanor in our giving that the recipient,

rather than the giver, appears to be bestowing the favor."

--Aelred of Rievaulx, "Spiritual Friendship" --

Aelred of Rievaulx was born in 1110 in Northumbria, UK. He became the

abbott of  the famed Cistercian Rievaulx Monastery in Yorkshire. His work on 

Spiritual Friendship is a classic. Rievaulx was dissolved by Henry the 8th

in the 1538. It's ruins still stand.

photo taken in Abergavenny, Wales

Just When God's Ready.....

"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter."-- Ansel Adams

photo taken near Gould, Colorado

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

The road is long

With many a winding turn

That leads us to who knows where

Who knows when

But I'm strong

Strong enough to carry him

He ain't heavy, he's my brother

So on we go

His welfare is of my concern

No burden is he to bear

We'll get there

For I know

He would not encumber me

He ain't heavy, he's my brother

--He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother-

B Russell & B.Scott

photo taken in Lincolnville, Maine

The Ability to Be Faithful

Not everyone possesses boundless energy or a conspicuous talent. We are not

equally blessed with great intellect or physical beauty or emotional strength. But we have

all been given the same ability to be faithful.

--Gigi Graham Tchividjian

photo of Mariah, my foster dog, who is blessed with boundless energy!