Layers of mountains
Sep 18th, 2007 by Elsi
Driving west toward my Boulder, Colorado home, I crest the hill at sunset and see before me a wonderful panorama: valley, with a few lights, trees, foothills, mountains disappearing into the distance, sunset and clouds and sky. It’s beautiful!
My friend Vicki gave me a spiritual perspective on this view; she got it from a BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) class several years ago, I believe:
We look at a problem, nose-to-nose, and all we see is the problem. Just like, home in Boulder, I’m up against the foothills, and that’s what I see. But God, in His sovereignty, sees the full scene, with layers of problem and solution and compassion and “plans for a future,” going back and back to infinity.
I can see that in the mountains. It’s much harder to see it in my life (other than in retrospect, of course!).