"I life up my eyes to the hills - from where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.
He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade at your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day, not the moon by night.
The LORD will keep you from all evil; He will keep your life.
The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore!"
Psalm 121
This Psalm is about as straightforward as they come. It is reminding us who is in charge, who is protecting us, and who is guiding us. I don't know about you, but when I think about God creating mountains, it makes me feel incredibly small. At the same time, the intricacy and absolutely finite detail of our own bodies reminds us that God cares enough to make us in such a wonderful way. The vastness and detail of creation is so incredible that many people spend their lifetimes studying it (whether or not they believe it to be "creation").
With this in mind, read the above Psalm again. If God was able to create the universe, earth, and each of us in such great detail, how could He not be keeping us, guiding us, and watching us? God's power of creating and His omnipresence in the whole universe can be both incomprehensible and belittling to us, but I think that they are absolutely assuring.
Now that is a Divine Assurance!
Here are some mountain pictures from a weekend backpacking trip in the Tetons:
With this in mind, read the above Psalm again. If God was able to create the universe, earth, and each of us in such great detail, how could He not be keeping us, guiding us, and watching us? God's power of creating and His omnipresence in the whole universe can be both incomprehensible and belittling to us, but I think that they are absolutely assuring.
Now that is a Divine Assurance!
Here are some mountain pictures from a weekend backpacking trip in the Tetons:
Cascade Canyon
Baby Moose on trailside
Sunset on Grand with friends in foreground
Morning over Solitude Lake
Reflection on Solitude
Storm rolling in
Wildflowers with Solitude in the background
Looking southeast at the Grand Teton
Cascade-Paintbrush Divide
The Divide
Down Paintbrush Canyon
