Watch out for YUCK at wide intersections

At Tayler and Tanner’s Cross Country meet in Dover
It was at a beautiful park out in the country
near the strawberry fields
They had cut a path in the meadows and trees
around a lake

To take a short cut to get to another cheering section on the trail
I suggested the coach walk thru the high weeds
thru the wide opening In the trees
she said sure and as she did
she walked right into a banana spider webs and spider
the path was wide, inviting and looked clear
so scared, surprised, jumpy, and moving
she squashed a spider on her shirt
and decided to take the long way around
and jokingly said she would never trust me again

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. Matthew 7:13

· Short cuts even wide ones are not always best even when suggested by well intentioned people
· In the wide openings you can miss the little things that can get in the way and really mess you up

A Bear Not Where It Was Supposed To Be

A 250 lb bear was seen right where I go biking often at the corner of 52 and the Suncoast. How crazy but now when I ride I keep my eyes open and expectant!

So unusual was the bear around hear that the lady who heard the scrapping in the backyard that it was a burglar and called 911. So peculiar it was that 35 neighbors and strangers surrounded the windows facing this woman’s backyard armed with cameras for hours. They waited for a while but left, disappointed, but the woman kept watch. Around 10 p.m., there was a loud pop, like cannon fire, when the trap door fell. The woman asked if she could look at the bear up close before they took it away. They flipped up a long thin door on the side of the trap. The woman peered into its wet eyes and said she felt peace. “When that bear came, it was God telling me that this is where I belonged,” she said, choking back tears. “It was a sign for me.” Check out the whole story at
http://www.theledger.com/article/20090826/NEWS/908269951?Title=It-s-Not-A-Burglar-It-s-A-Bear


· Not in the place it was supposed to be
· Gave some joy and hope and purpose and peace
· Made you interested and curious
· Made you excited
· Made you take notice and look for yourself – want to get out and see
· Made you want to look
· Made some patient and ready but not all and those who weren’t missed out
· Made you talk and tell others
· Made you sound alarms that got noticed
· Made you reach out to others
· Made you invite others
· Made you want to get up close for a look and touch

Challenge: Do something/be someone out of the ordinary. It may change the life of you and others

I believe that’s who Jesus was/is and wants us to be

Ouray

Ouray – one my the favorite towns in Colorado
Ice climbing park, hot springs, Jeep capital of the world, million dollar highway, waterfalls, the Silverton train stop, and much more
From a downtown Mexican restaurant, Buen Tiempo, outdoor terrace
Up into the mountain cliffs
I was standing and pointing
All the people walking by downtown paused
Looking in the direction I was pointing
Stopping what they were doing to notice
What is that?
One said a person
One said a flag
One said a road
We talked about the fires
We talked about rock climbing
We talked about the height and steepness
We talked about how to get up there and how long it might take
We talked about jeeps
We talked about the creator…
Just from a few moments of standing and pointing above

To me this is the perfect description of the worship of God
Just a few moments of standing and pointing above
Imagine…

Honeymoon

Curiosity A friend of mine called the other day to tell me of his upcoming wedding. One of the first topics always seems to be where are you going for your honeymoon? I thought “honeymoon” that’s a strange word

Today Internet definitions state as “unspecified period of time after the wedding intended for private moments between the married couple.”

Norse history describes the abduction of a bride from neighboring village. It was imperative, that the abductor, the husband to be, take his bride to be into hiding for period of time. His friends assured his and her safe keeping and kept their whereabouts unknown. Once the bride's family gave up their search, the bride groom returned to his people. This folkloric explanation presumably is the origin of today's honeymoon, for its original meaning meant hiding.

Scandinavian word for honeymoon is derived, in part, from a custom in which newlyweds, for the first month of their married life, drank a daily cup of honeyed wine called mead.

Northern Europeans referred to the body's monthly cycle and, its combination with honey, suggested that not all moon's of married life were as sweet as the first. By legend, it came from an old tradition where the visiting guests and family were served honey wine for a period of one full phase of the moon, (i.e. 1 month) after the wedding.

Application Get away somewhere and “take some unspecified period of time intended for private moments” with the Lord. Enjoy company with the one who loves you so, with an everlasting love, like in Zechariah 10:7 may you become like mighty men, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.