Praise God, early in the afternoon, Jody is feeling better and we decide to see if we can make it to the Rocky Mountains ... so off we go.

After winding our way up through the foothills we crest the top and laid out before us is Estes Park, a beautiful little city nestled in the Colorado mountains.

It struck me, as I walked this path in the mountains, how this is like what God calls us to be.  God creates us each as unique works of art.

 

Being able to be so close to these Elk reminded me of how it must have been earlier in creation as animals were not afraid of people ...

The male is above the female watching out for possible trouble ...

Night was falling as storm clouds rolled in over the mountains.  Jody and Colleen had never been to the Rocky Mountains before and were so glad they came.  God's creation is astounding!  And to think that this is just the "fallen" world.  Everywhere we looked we saw how Pine Beetles were destroying vast numbers of trees  ... I wonder what His original creation was like ... but for now, we get to see "dimly" and guess at what it would be like if creation were not "groaning" in futility due to our sin.  One day we will know when God comes to judge the living and the dead, destroy this present heavens and earth and create a new one where there will be no more crying or death or pain.