Of Mountains, Not Molehills

Sometimes I feel as if I give you all far too much information, and at no cost to you.  I tell you almost everything, and where’s the fun in that?  No, I can tell from your eager, intelligent faces, peering so expectantly at your computer screens, that what you really want is a challenge.  So, instead of telling you where I am now, I’m going to give you clues to where I am, starting today.  But, I’ll only be here a short while, so you’d better get to work!  Or you’ll just never know.  (NB–if I have already told you where I’m going, or if another member of my family has spilled the beans, I’m sorry–but please refrain from playing the game and give everyone else a chance to have fun.  Can you do that, please?  Thanks in advance.    )

Today’s clue:  fill in the blank to this song lyric:  “You take the high road and I’ll take the low road, but I’ll be in _______________ before you.”

 But, I cannot leave you with just that; I must also speak of mountains.  I love mountains.  But, with the possible exception of Alaskan ranges, I have never see such mountains ever as I have seen today!  Hitherto, my experience has been mainly confined to the Appalachians.  (Don’t get the wrong idea here, please, for I love the Appalachian Mountains!)  But today I have seen some of their rather taller, rather more majestic, and certainly more awe-inspiring European sisters.  They were all decked in white for me today, which undoubtedly added to their magnificent effect, but I like to to think that I can imagine them as they might be in warmer months as well.  I do have somewhat of an imagination.

But they, in addition to the latest podcast from Elevation Church, brought to mind a sermon of Steven Furtick’s that I listened to a couple of weeks ago about Caleb and mountains and age and service–and I can’t say all that without providing a link, now, can I?  But do allow me to say, as a disclaimer, that I won’t make it a habit to post sermons on my blog; it just so happens that this one is not only particularly great, but is also particularly relevant to my experience today.  It’s well worth listening to.  And it might just make you want a mountain of your very own.  “Give me my mountain!”