Photo for 07/01/2011

An abandoned mine at Red Mountain Town...

Points To Ponder 07/01//2011

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Without the Bread of Life, You're toast!
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See Genesis 26:25-33 (NIV)

25 Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.
26 Meanwhile, Abimelech had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces. 27 Isaac asked them, "Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?"
28 They answered, "We saw clearly that the LORD was with you; so we said, 'There ought to be a sworn agreement between us' — between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you 29 that you will do us no harm, just as we did not molest you but always treated you well and sent you away in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD."
30 Isaac then made a feast for them, and they ate and drank. 31 Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.
32 That day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said, "______ ______ ______!" 33 He called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.
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Photo for 06/30/2011

Reflections in a small pond at the top of Red Mountain Pass...

Points To Ponder 06/30//2011

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If we desire our faith to be strengthened, we should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried, and therefore, through trial, be strengthened. - George Mueller
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See Genesis 26:17-23 (NIV)

17 So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. 18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.
19 Isaac's servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there. 20 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen and said, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him. 21 Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah. 22 He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one ________ over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, "Now the LORD has given us room and we will flourish in the land."
23 From there he went up to Beersheba. 24 That night the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham."
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Photo for 06/29/2011

This building was next to the old boarding house we saw yesterday at the top of Red Mountain Pass...All of the buildings we have see in the last three days are now gone...

Points To Ponder 06/29//2011

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All New Age books are just narcissism masquerading as spirituality. The New Age is just the Oldest LIE: You're a god! Genesis 3:5.
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See Genesis 26:12-16 (NIV)

12 Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the LORD blessed him. 13 The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy. 14 He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him. 15 So all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines _________ up, filling them with ________.
16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us."
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Photo for 06/28/2011

This is the old boarding house we saw yesterday at the top of Red Mountain Pass...However, this time we are seeing it by looking at it through another building...

Points To Ponder 06/28//2011

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Hope is like the cork to the net, which keeps the soul from sinking in despair; and fear, like the lead to the net, which keeps it from floating in presumption. - Thomas Watson
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See Genesis 26:8-11 (NIV)

8 When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah. 9 So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, "She is really your wife! Why did you say, 'She is my sister'?"
Isaac answered him, "Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her."
10 Then Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the men might well have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us."
11 So Abimelech gave orders to all the people: "Anyone who _________ this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."
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Photo for 06/27/2011

This is the old boarding house that sat at the top of Red Mountain Pass...at Red Mtn. Town. Unfortunately the owner tore it down several years ago because he got tired of vandals defacing it. :0( (near Ouray, Colorado)...

Points To Ponder 06/27//2011

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The more certain you are about your identity in Christ, the less you’ll feel the need to make fun of others.
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See Genesis 26:1- (NIV)

26:1 Now there was a famine in the land — besides the earlier famine of Abraham's time — and Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines in Gerar. 2 The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live. 3 Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham. 4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, 5 because Abraham obeyed me and kept my requirements, my commands, my decrees and my laws." 6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
7 When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my _______," because he was afraid to say, "She is my wife." He thought, "The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful."

Does this story line in verse 7 sound familiar? Like father like son maybe?... see Genesis 12:10-16
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Photo for 06/26/2011

This picture was taken in Yankee Boy Basin (near Ouray, Colorado)...

Points To Ponder 06/26//2011

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It's not what's around you, but who lives in you, that determines the direction & significance of your life.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 25:29-34 (NIV)

29 Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. 30 He said to Jacob, "Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!" (That is why he was also called Edom.)
31 Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright."
32 "Look, I am about to die," Esau said. "What good is the birthright to me?"
33 But Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left.
So Esau despised his __________.
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Photo for 06/25/2011

Once we drop down off of the cliff hanger portion of Ophir Pass we enter and area where there is lush vegetation, wildflowers and aspen trees...

Points To Ponder 06/25//2011

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A man's most glorious actions will at last be found to be but glorious sins, if he hath made himself, and not the glory of God, the end of those actions. - Thomas Brooks
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See Genesis 25:27-28 (NIV)

27 The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was a quiet man, staying among the tents. 28 Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved ________, but Rebekah loved ________.
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Photo for 06/24/2011

Ophir Pass gets a tad narrow in this section :0).

Points To Ponder 06/24//2011

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We're equally loved, equally broken, equally valuable, equally savable. No one is beyond the reach of His love. See Hebrews 7:25
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See Genesis 25:24-2 (NIV)

24 When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. 25 The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him _____. 26 After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping ______ heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.
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Photo for 06/23/2011

The morning sunshine has not made it all the way into the west side of Ophir Pass head down towards Telluride, Colorado.

Points To Ponder 06/23//2011

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We pray pious blether, our will is not in it, and then we say God does not answer; we never asked Him for anything. Asking means that our wills are in what we ask. - Oswald Chambers
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See Genesis 25:19-23 (NIV)

19 This is the account of Abraham's son Isaac.
Abraham became the father of Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.
21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. 22 The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, "Why is this happening to me?" So she went to inquire of the LORD.
23 The LORD said to her,
"Two ________ are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."
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Photo for 06/22/2011

The Animas River at the ghost town of Animas Forks, Colorado.

Points To Ponder 06/22//2011

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Eternity is a long time to be wrong about Jesus.
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See Genesis 25:12-18 (NIV)

12 This is the account of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Sarah's maidservant, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham.
13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. 16 These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the twelve tribal rulers according to their settlements and camps. 17 Altogether, Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people. 18 His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the border of Egypt, as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in ________ toward all their brothers.
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Photo for 06/21/2011

Abandoned buildings at the old ghost town of Animas Forks, Colorado. Animas Forks sits at an elevation of 11,200 feet and dates from 1873. An old truck on the edge of town.

Points To Ponder 06/21//2011

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If you remove the Cross from the church, it’s no longer the church it’s just a social club.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 25:5-11 (NIV)

5 Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. 6 But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
7 Altogether, Abraham lived a ________ and ________-_____ years. 8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people. 9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, 10 the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. 11 After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.
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Photo for 06/20/2011

Abandoned buildings at the old ghost town of Animas Forks, Colorado. Animas Forks sits at an elevation of 11,200 feet and dates from 1873.

Points To Ponder 06/20//2011

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Life is tough. Life is unfair. Life can be tragic. But this life is not the end of the story.
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See Genesis 25:1-4 (NIV)

25:1 Abraham took another wife, whose name was ____________. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. 3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites and the Leummites. 4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of _____________.
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Photo for 06/19/2011

Abandoned buildings at the old ghost town of Animas Forks, Colorado. Animas Forks sits at an elevation of 11,200 feet and dates from 1873.

Points To Ponder 06/19//2011

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To know a man's true spiritual maturity just talk to his wife for an hour.
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See Genesis 24:5-11 (NIV)

5 The servant asked him, "What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?"

6 "Make sure that you do not take my son back there," Abraham said. 7 "The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father's household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land' — he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there. 8 If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there." 9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and _________ ___ _______ to him concerning this matter.

10 Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and left, taking with him all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town of Nahor. 11 He had the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.
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Photo for 06/18/2011

Abandoned buildings at the old ghost town of Animas Forks, Colorado. Animas Forks sits at an elevation of 11,200 feet and dates from 1873.

Points To Ponder 06/18//2011

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The next moment is as much beyond our grasp, and as much in God's care, as that a hundred years away. Care for the next minute is as foolish as care for a day in the next thousand years. In neither can we do anything, in both God is doing everything. - CS Lewis.
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See Genesis 24:1-4 (NIV)

24:1 Abraham was now old and well advanced in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way. 2 He said to the chief servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh. 3 I want you to swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the __________, among whom I am living, 4 but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac."
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Photo for 06/17/2011

Abandoned buildings at the old town of Animas Forks, Colorado. Animas Forks sits at an elevation of 11,200 feet and dates from 1873. The remains of the Bagley Mill...

Points To Ponder 06/17//2011

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A willful falsehood told is a cripple, not able to stand by itself without another to support it. It is easy to tell a lie, but hard to tell only one lie. - Thomas Fuller
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See Genesis 23:12-20 (NIV)

12 Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land 13 and he said to Ephron in their hearing, "Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there."

14 Ephron answered Abraham, 15 "Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between me and you? Bury your dead."

16 Abraham agreed to Ephron's terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: _____ hundred shekels of silver, according to the weight current among the merchants.

17 So Ephron's field in Machpelah near Mamre — both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field — was deeded 18 to Abraham as his property in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of the city. 19 Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (which is at Hebron) in the land of Canaan. 20 So the field and the cave in it were deeded to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.
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Photo for 06/16/2011

Abandoned buildings at the old town of Animas Forks, Colorado. Animas Forks sits at an elevation of 11,200 feet and dates from 1873.This was possibly the carriage house for the Duncan home?

Points To Ponder 06/16//2011

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More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them.
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See Genesis 23:3-10 (NIV)

3 Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said, 4 "I am an alien and a stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead."

5 The Hittites replied to Abraham, 6 "Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead."

7 Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites. 8 He said to them, "If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf 9 so he will sell me the _____ of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you."

10 Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city. 11 "No, my lord," he said. "Listen to me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead."
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Photo for 06/15/2011

Abandoned buildings at the old town of Animas Forks, Colorado. Animas Forks sits at an elevation of 11, 200 feet and dates from 1873.

Points To Ponder 06/15//2011

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When we try to plan out every detail of our lives, God laughs out loud.
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See Genesis 23:1-2 (NIV)

23:1 Sarah lived to be a __________ and ________-________ years old. 2 She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.
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Photo for 06/13/2011

Abandoned buildings at the old town of Animas Forks, Colorado. Animas Forks sits at an elevation of 11, 200 feet and dates from 1873.

Points To Ponder 06/13//2011

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People get uncomfortable with Jesus because he speaks straight to the heart, exposing our hidden core of self-centeredness.
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See Genesis 22:9- (NIV)

9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the ______ to ______ his son. 11 But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!"
"Here I am," he replied.
12 "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."
13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."
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Photo for 06/12/2011

The road down California Gulch eventually leads us into the old town of Animas Forks, Colorado. Animas Forks sits at an elevation of 11,200 feet and dates from 1873. This is said to be the Duncan House that was built in 1879...

Points To Ponder 06/12//2011

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CAPITALISM: What's mine is mine & I KEEP it. SOCIALISM: What's yours is mine & I can TAKE it. BIBLE: It's all God’s & I SHARE it!
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See Genesis 22:1-8 (NIV)

22:1 Some time later God ________ Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!"
"Here I am," he replied.
2 Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about."
3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you."
6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, 7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, "Father?"
"Yes, my son?" Abraham replied.
"The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"
8 Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together.
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Photo for 06/11/2011

As we head into California Gulch we see an old abandoned steam boiler silhouetted against the sky. This was photographed in 2010.

Points To Ponder 06/11//2011

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A pint of example is worth a barrelful of advice.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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See Genesis 21:22-34 (NIV)

22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do. 23 Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you are living as an alien the same kindness I have shown to you."

24 Abraham said, "I swear it."

25 Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech's servants had seized. 26 But Abimelech said, "I don't know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today."

27 So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a treaty. 28 Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock, 29 and Abimelech asked Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?"

30 He replied, "Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I ___ ___ ______."

31 So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.

32 After the treaty had been made at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his forces returned to the land of the Philistines. 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God. 34 And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

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Photo for 06/10/2011

Just after we pass the summit of Hurricane Pass we get this incredible view of Lake Como.....”The emerald of the high country”. You can see the road to Poughkeepsie Gulch on the far side of the lake. This was photographed in 2010.

Points To Ponder 06/10//2011

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To become Christ-like is the only thing in the whole world worth caring for, the thing before which every ambition of man is folly and all lower achievement vain. - Henry Drummond
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See Genesis 21:14-21 (NIV)

14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.
15 When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes. 16 Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she thought, "I cannot watch the boy die." And as she sat there nearby, she began to ____.
17 God heard the boy crying, and the _______ of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. 18 Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."
19 Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
20 God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer. 21 While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.
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Photo for 06/09/2011

Today’s picture of an old mine was photographed in 2010 en route to Hurricane Pass...

Points To Ponder 06/09//2011

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Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. - George Washington
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See Genesis 21:11-13 (NIV)

11 The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son. 12 But God said to him, "Do not be so distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned. 13 I will make the son of the maidservant into a _________ _____, because he is your offspring."
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Photo for 06/08/2011

Today’s “Hillside of Flowers” picture was photographed in 2010 en route to Hurricane Pass...

Points To Ponder 06/08//2011

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Stress is when your mouth says "yes" and your gut says "no."
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See Genesis 21:6-10 (NIV)

6 Sarah said, "God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me." 7 And she added, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."
8 The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast. 9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking, 10 and she said to Abraham, "Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that slave woman's son will never share in the __________ with my son Isaac."
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Photo for 06/07/2011

Today’s picture was photographed in 2010 of an old mine boarding house at Yankee Boy Basin (near Ouray, Colorado).

Points To Ponder 06/07//2011

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They who forgive most shall be most forgiven. - Josiah Bailey
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 21:1-5 (NIV)

21:1 Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised. 2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. 3 Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him. 4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him. 5 Abraham was a ________ years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
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Photo for 06/06/2011

Today’s picture was photographed in 2010 from Yankee Boy Basin (near Ouray, Colorado

Points To Ponder 06/06//2011

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Take heed of jesting; many have been ruined by it. It is hard to jest, and not sometimes jeer too, which often sinks deeper than we intended or expected. - Thomas Fuller
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See Genesis 20:8-17 (NIV)

8 Early the next morning Abimelech summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid. 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham in and said, "What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done." 10 And Abimelech asked Abraham, "What was your reason for doing this?"
11 Abraham replied, "I said to myself, 'There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.' 12 Besides, she really is my _________, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife. 13 And when God had me wander from my father's household, I said to her, 'This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, "He is my brother." '"
14 Then Abimelech brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him. 15 And Abimelech said, "My land is before you; live wherever you like."
16 To Sarah he said, "I am giving your brother a thousand shekels of silver. This is to cover the offense against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated."
17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God _______ Abimelech, his wife and his slave girls so they could have children again, 18 for the LORD had closed up every womb in Abimelech's household because of Abraham's wife Sarah.
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Photo for 06/05/2011

Today’s picture was photographed in 2010 from Yankee Boy Basin (near Ouray, Colorado).

Points To Ponder 06/05//2011

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POINTS TO PONDER:
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Prayer crowns God with the honor and glory due to His name, and God crowns prayer with assurance and comfort. The most praying souls are the most assured souls. - Thomas Brooks
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 20:1- (NIV)

Hummm....seems Abraham is slow to learn his lesson... See Genesis 12:10-16 (NIV)

20:1 Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar, 2 and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." Then Abimelech king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream one night and said to him, "You are as good as _____ because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman."
4 Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he said, "Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation? 5 Did he not say to me, 'She is my sister,' and didn't she also say, 'He is my brother'? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands."
6 Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her. 7 Now return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all yours will die."
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Photo for 06/04/2011

Today’s picture was photographed in 2010 in Yankee Boy Basin (near Ouray, Colorado). The mountain is Teakettle Mountain (13,819’).

Points To Ponder 06/04//2011

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POINTS TO PONDER:
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Silence is never more golden than when you hold it long enough to get all the facts before you speak.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 19:31-38 (NIV)

31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man around here to lie with us, as is the custom all over the earth. 32 Let's get our father to drink wine and then lie with him and preserve our family line through our father."
33 That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and lay with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, "Last night I lay with my father. Let's get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and lie with him so we can preserve our family line through our father." 35 So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went and lay with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
36 So both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father. 37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the _________ of today. 38 The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the _________ of today.
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Photo for 06/03/2011

Today’s picture was photographed in 2010 in Yankee Boy Basin (near Ouray, Colorado).

Points To Ponder 06/03//2011

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POINTS TO PONDER:
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The largest room in the world is the room for improvement.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 19:27-30 (NIV)

27 Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD. 28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.
29 So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.
30 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a _____.
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Photo for 06/02/2011

For a bit we are going to take a break from local wildflowers etc. and take a look at some recently edited pictures from past Colorado four wheel drive trips. I say recently edited as I have recently been experimenting with a post editing photo process called HDR (High Dynamic Range) Toning. With this process I have been able to take photos that I used to consider second rate photos and turn them into some of my VERY best photos. It has been a bit of learning curve but well worth the trouble...Today’s picture was photographed in 2007 in Imogene basin (near Ouray, Colorado).

Points To Ponder 06/02//2011

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POINTS TO PONDER:
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Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 19:23-26 (NIV)

23 By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. 24 Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah — from the LORD out of the heavens. 25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, including all those living in the cities — and also the vegetation in the land. 26 But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of ______.
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