One of the reasons why I have not posted recently is that I was in the Sawtooth National Forest of Washington on an Outward Bound Mountaineering course. We were 7000-8000 feet up in the mountains where the air starts to get thin and there is indescribable duty. I took quite a few pictures and some of them turned out very good. There are snow-capped peaks, rocky ridge lines and golden mountains…..I posted the pictures on Facebook. One of my good friends responded to my pictures by stating that she could “see the handprint of God” in the beauty of the landscapes.

A few days later we were eating lunch with the family and looking at the pictures again. Their daughter looked at the pictures and commented that “she could not see the hands of God”. She was looking with her physical eyes and not her spiritual eyes. Something that happens to me all the time.

“God, may I look at all of your creation….people included…..with spiritual eyes and not physical, so that I can see all of your handiwork in your creation.”