Hello from the Road. We are currently visiting a dear friend and celebrating Sarah’s B’day in Minnesota. These past two weeks have been packed with such visits. The Lord has graciously kept our travels safe and us healthy. We are so thankful for the times to reconnect with people. This past week we even serendipitously met up with dear friends from a completely different part of the USA. These friends happened to be holidaying along our route. What a joy.
Recently we heard a teaching from Exodus 33:12-23: Moses is in the Tent of Meeting with the Lord. Moses wants to see the Lord’s glory. The Lord invites Moses to stand on a rock near Him and then hides Moses in that rock when His glory passes by. I wondered, “where does that rock come from inside the Tent?” Seen through the eyes of the Gospels, it sounds like a narrative connection with Jesus (1 Corinthians 10:4). The Lord hides Moses inside Jesus and then reveals His glory.
These thoughts echoed around in my head recently as we drove through Glacier National Park, gazing up at the towering mountains of rock. (See the attached photo.) To see such splendor in nature, to consider creation in the light of the Lord’s glory is to be touched by His grace. Once seen, it is not quickly forgotten.
As we continue to travel East across the USA, please pray for:
Safety on and off the road. We still have many miles to go before we rest.
That we will have eyes to see the ways large and small the Lord is working in and around us.
Visits with family and friends to be blessed with renewal.
The one thing I ask of the Lord — the thing I seek most — is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord’s perfections and meditating in his Temple. For he will conceal me there when troubles come; he will hide me in his sanctuary. He will place me out of reach on a high rock. Psalm 27:4-5 (NLT)
Entering Glacier National Park, Montana