I Lift Up My Eyes To The Mountains

God's timing is impeccable. This morning in my reading of the Psalms I came to Psalm 121--"I lift up my eyes to the mountains, from where does my help come, my help comes from the Lord maker of heaven and earth..." How fitting for my last day in the mountains to be reminded that the It is the one who made the heaven and the earth (including the gorgeous mountains) who watches over me, who never slumbers or sleeps, who keeps the sun from destroying me by day and the moon by night. God is actively watching over me and for that I am extremely grateful.

I returned to the same hiking trail that I went to yesterday afternoon since the views were absolutely breathtaking--a view to the west of an entire mountain range with snow covered peaks--yet in the afternoon sun the pictures didn't seem to do the view justice. Therefore, I was out on the trail early this morning with the temp was 50 degrees--I was in shorts and a long sleeve shirt over a t-shirt. I was sweating in about 5 minutes on the trail (sorry for the details).

Had a good easy hike and took lots of pictures on my last time in the woods for a while.

Enjoyed the rest of the day back at my cabin spending some unhurried time with the Lord and working on my sermon for this Sunday.

I'm going to pack, eat supper, read a little and go to bed early as I get ready to leave tomorrow. I plan to stop at Rapid City again on the way home. Not real keen on a 15 hour car trip by myself so I'll stop half way and hope to arrive home Thursday.

All for now.