Access to the summit can be achieved by hiking Barr Trail. This trail is over 12 miles long and gains 7,615 feet in elevation. Lots of people who live in Colorado tell of their adventures hiking and climbing the mountain. Some folks run up and down the mountain in races, or charity walks, some hike trails with friends or alone, stopping to take pictures along the way. I have never set foot on it, and hope never to do so. I am NOT one of those people. I don't hike for fun, climb for pleasure or run unless someone is chasing me.
I've heard mountaineers talk about trailing in pairs or small groups. Usually these groups are comprised of like minded people, laughing, talking or at times grunting together through the steep, uphills that occur occasionally along the way.
I find myself on a mountain road of sorts. It's a spiritual journey on a path that is ever changing. My life, and I'd guess yours also, is rocky and narrow in places, endlessly gaining in elevation that requires concentration and effort. I continue to put one hiking boot in front of the other, sometimes wondering if this rocky, steep place is really the path at all. Then I will come to a spiritual meadow where the breeze of the whisper of God is felt and the beauty of the Aspens are found.
This morning I am enjoying the view from my kitchen window while studying the Word. A rest area of sorts before having to climb again. The road is beckoning. Come climb to a higher spiritual level, walk the rocky path with a friend or two, struggle and grow to know more of the Lord. I am so thankful for the like minded people who will climb with me.And Jesus said, "Come and Follow me". And the road is the way He went.
(Oswald Chambers)
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