higher

While we were in Denver, we received word about tragedy.  Tragedy in a friend’s life.  Tragedy in our home town. Tragedy in a young couple’s marriage.  Tragedy about a young women’s health.  Tragedy of a death in the family.  Over the course of just a few days, life became heavy.  It was the kind of heavy that weighs a heart down to the pit – and even with our knowledge, it was hard to raise my eyes above those circumstances.

On a day trip with friends we took time to drive out to the “Garden of the gods” in Colorado Springs.  The experience could not have been more valuable.   As I walked the paths and took in the view – the expansive valleys and the mammoth rocks –  my gaze was moved.    I couldn’t help but look towards the God of the Heavens and earth.

I realized there’s a reason that He is referred to as “higher” in Scripture.  His ways are higher.  He is the Rock that is “higher than I.”  Look, I can show you the reality of Who He Is – and it is just a tiny example of His greatness…

The very God who created this with His hands, is the one who orchestrates my life, my future, and every detail of His Great Story. These photos remind me that I can find refuge in His arms – that He reigns above all of the painful circumstances of this life.  Lifting my eyes, I find the calm and rest I crave.  And His magnificence makes my troubles seem small.