Loves: Jesus the Messiah, God's Word, Wife, Children, vistas, truth in the inner man, clear and lucid thinking, clear cool water, wide open spaces, good food and drink, exercise, trout streams, melody and harmony and a well-turned phrase, dissonance that finds resolution, resolution, metaphor and typology, fellowship.
Places hiked, ran, paddled, swam, sailed, camped, or fished:
Superstitions Wilderness, Arizona
Grand Canyon, Arizona
South Mountain Park, Arizona
Tonto National Forest, Arizona
Buffalo National River, Arkansas
Ozark Highlands Trail, ArkansasLas Trampas Wilderness, San Francisco, California
La Tuna Canyon Park, Sun Valley, California
Angeles National Forest, Cucamonga Wilderness, California
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Green Mountain Park, Colorado
St. George Island State Park, Florida
Fort Mountain State Park, Georgia
Pere Marquette State Park, Illinois
McCully Heritage Project, Illinois
Siloam Springs State Park, Illinois
Sand Ridge State Park, Illinois
Turkey Run State Park, Indiana
Waubonsie State Park, Iowa
Konza Prairie, Kansas
Kanopolis State Park, Kansas
Cross Timbers State Park, Kansas
Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas
Elk City Lake, Kansas
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota
Superior Hiking Trail, Minnesota
Minneopa State Park, Minnesota
Kilen Woods State Park, Minnesota
West Fork Des Moines River, Minnesota
Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Minnesota
Tetteguche State Park, Minnesota
Fort Snelling State Park, Minnesota
Smithville Lake, Missouri
Current River, Missouri
Niangua River, Missouri
Mark Twain Lake, Missouri
Ozark Trail, Missouri
Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri
Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri
North Fork River, Missouri
River of Life Farm, Missouri
Paddy Creek Wilderness, Missouri
Ridge Runner Trail, Missouri
Weldon Spring Conservation Area, Missouri
Cuivre River State Park, Missouri
Pinnacles Youth Park, Missouri
Rock Bridge State Park, Missouri
White Aloe Creek Nature Park, Missouri
Bluffwoods Conservation Area, Missouri
Charity Lake and Brickyard Conservation Area, Missouri
Maple Woods Conservation Area, Missouri
Weston Bend State Park, Missouri
Wallace State Park, Missouri
Hazel Hill Conservation Area, Missouri
Blue River Parkway, Missouri
Indian Cave State Park, Nebraska
Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
Taylors Falls, Wisconsin
Wilderness Fellowship, Wisconsin
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
Wild Basin Park, Texas
McKinney Falls State Park, Texas Taylors Falls, Wisconsin
Wilderness Fellowship, Wisconsin
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario
Neuschwanstein, Bavaria, Germany
Hebrews 11:13-16
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles [pilgrims] on the earth. For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
2 comments:
After a rather dispiriting day, I was holding on to the words 'pilgrims and strangers' and typed them into Google... Thank you for your words and pictures and inspiration.
Tanya, United Kingdom (currently Northern Ireland, Christian cyclist, environmentalist,sometimes writer, occasional kayaker, blog at www.decombustion.com)
Thanks for the hello. Happy to hear your spirits have been lifted! I'll have a look at your site.
Psalm 3:3
But you, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
He's a shield, He's our glory, He lifts up our heads.
Blessings,
Joe
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