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Monday, November
5, 2018
Colorado
National Monument
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to enlarge)
"Praise
Him In The Heights"
Message
summary: Today's text is an
exhortation to "praise Him in the
heights". Let us do so!
Some identify this condition as Acrophobia (fear
of heights). However that is really
not the case for me and in reality
most others having this condition.
Rather we have a fear of edges.
This of course also has a fancy name,
Cremnophobia (fear of precipices).
Listen
to our message
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"Praise ye the Lord.
Praise ye the Lord from the heavens:
praise Him in the heights" (Psalm
148:1).
Brooksyne
standing on Cold Shivers Point
Overlook in Colorado National
Monument
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enlarge)
For
the last several days Brooksyne has
been out in Colorado visiting with her
sister and an elderly aunt. She posted
the photo above at appropriately named
"Cold Shivers Point", I am sure
knowing it would give me the cold
shivers. She knows I get the severe
heebie-jeebies if I see anyone near a
drop-off.
Some identify this condition as Acrophobia (fear
of heights). However that is really
not the case for me and in reality
most others having this condition.
Rather we have a fear of edges.
This of course also has a fancy name,
Cremnophobia (fear of precipices).I'm
OK at 40,000 feet in an airplane or on
the top floor of a skyscraper. However
get me near the edge of a roof on a
two story building at sea level and I
am very uncomfortable!
This
is particularly the case for me or
someone I love but observing any human
near an edge will prompt this feeling.
Brooksyne also took this photo at Cold
Shivers Overlook and I get a feeling
of dread just looking at it. What
is this father thinking! (at
least he is holding her with two hands
but what if he slips? *)
But
there is a height we should all strive
to be. I consider a song many of us
have sung. CCLI reported "Lord I Lift
Your Name on High" as the most popular
song used in churches every year from
1997 to 2003. Today's text is an
exhortation to "praise Him in the
heights". Let us do so!
Lord,
I lift Your name on high
Lord, I love to sing Your praises
I'm so glad Your in my life
I'm so glad You came to save us
Lord, I love to sing Your praises
I'm so glad Your in my life
I'm so glad You came to save us
Be
encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father, Your Word consistently call
Your creation to praise you. Help us
today to lift Your Name on high and
sing Your praises.
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father, Your Word consistently call
Your creation to praise you. Help us
today to lift Your Name on high and
sing Your praises.The
trees are pretty in Colorado but
Brooksyne observed most are a bright
yellow lacking the variety of fall
colors we see in our area.
Saturday
afternoon I visited with John Uhler on
the Old Windmill Farm. John has an
interesting ministry as a "living
history" chaplain. He began with an
interest in WW2 reenactments playing
the role as a chaplain and went on to
become ordained and endorsed, perhaps
the only in the nation with this
distinction. He has many opportunities
to minister to others both in the
sense of explaining the chaplain's
role in the service during WW2 but
also to other reenactors and guests.
This
last weekend he was down to the Pennsylvania
Railroad Museum in Strasburg
with special display.
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on photo to enlarge
Today's
Suggested
Music and Supplemental Resources
"Lord
I Lift Your Name On High"
Video
Maranatha! Singers
"God Is Good"
Video
Rick Founds, who wrote the song
above continues to write and share
his music. He was born in 1954,
the same year I was!
"Big Enough"
Video
Joseph Habedank
* "Cold Shivers Point is
at the top of a vertical cliff.
The overlook is airy and exposed
spot, especially if you stand next
to the fencing. The long fenced
area offers plenty of great photo
ops so resist the urge to scramble
onto the canyon rim for a
different vantage point. Footing
on the cliff edge is insecure and
the stone beneath your feet can
break. Keep control of your
children. Several people have died
here from falling over edge of the
overlook. Remember that falls are
the third leading cause of deaths
in National Parklands." (from this
site)
I just don't understand
the compulsion to get right to the
edge to take a photo of a distant
scene. When at the Grand Canyon I
observed people standing right on
the edge to take a photo of the
other side of the canyon.
According to my calculations with
the canyon being 18 miles wide
that places the photographer .005%
closer than if he stood back from
the edge 5 feet!
Finally
today: Today we share some
family photos from recent
visits.
Brooksyne
with her Aunt Mary and sister Elaine
in Grand Junction Colorado on
Saturday.
Yesterday
Ester and I drove up to visit my
brother Pat and his family in the
Lehigh Valley. We attended church
with them and then enjoyed a meal
together.
Ester
with my oldest brother Mike, whom we
visited several weeks ago in San
Francisco.
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