So my sister and I went hiking today, we climbed Mt. Lincoln, Mt. Cameron, and made it about 2/3s of the way up Mt. Democrat. As I stood on top of Mt. Lincoln, looking out at the vast Colorado landscape, I was struck with a feeling of smallness in contrast to the bigness of God. We hiked a little over 7 miles, gaining close to 3000 feet in elevation and I was exhausted. Looking out over all that God has made left me standing in awe of Him, His nature, His beauty, His grandeur. I think too often we lose sight of our smallness. We have a tendency to think very highly of ourselves, and yet all it takes to remind us that we are not that big of a deal is to stand and behold the magnificence of Him and His work. Nobody stands on top of a mountain and thinks of themselves as the center of the universe. We are so finite, I took this picture, and don't even know what was happening on the trail going up the side of the mountain you see, let alone what was happening on the back side of it. God is so much bigger than we can possibly imagine and His beauty is beyond description. We would do well to remember that, and along with that an appropriate view of our smallness, more often.
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