Sunday, April 19, 2009

Shasta's Last Hike


Shasta has hiked to Mission Peak many times yet she is now 11 years old (77 human years old) and this last time she could only go a little distance. The heat, a short sprint up hill and especially her age made it necessary for Lucy to bring her back home and put cold towels on her. She panted and coughed for over an hour. Like Shasta, many of us find that the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Oh for that day when we will have that new and perfect body without limitations. age and disease.

This was the start of the hike with the church cell group. Three of us made it to the top.

My heart is at rest when it is on top of the mountain. But oh how weary it can be in the valley of the shadow. (Can you see anything "different" in the above picture?)

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