Photo For 07/28/2012

We are now on Weston Pass which also goes from the Fairplay area to Leadville...It was late July when I took these photos but autumn color was already making a show...

Points To Ponder 07/28/2012

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To live the life of faith, you must first stop making excuses for your fears.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Who am I? In the standard arrangement of the books of the Old Testament my book follows the book of Joel...
 

I was the shepherd-prophet of the Old Testament who denounced the people of the northern kingdom of Israel for their idol worship, graft and corruption, and oppression of the poor. Although I prophesied to the Northern Kingdom, I was a native of Judah, Israel's sister nation to the south. I came from the village of Tekoa which situated about 16 kilometers (10 miles) south of Jerusalem.

1. Joshua
2. Jeremiah
3. Amos
4. Jonah
5. Micah
6. Daniel

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Photo For 07/27/2012

We are now on Weston Pass which also goes from the Fairplay area to Leadville...Some mushrooms along the road..

Points To Ponder 07/27/2012

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If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.  -  C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Joshua 24:15 (Fill in the blanks)

But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for ___ and ___ household, we will serve the _______." (NIV)

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Photo For 07/26/2012

We are now on Weston Pass which also goes from the Fairplay area to Leadville...Purple mountains...

Points To Ponder 0726/2012

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Unused talents give you no advantage whatever over someone who has no talents at all.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Romans 15:7 (NLT) (Fill in the blanks)

Accept each other just as ______ has _________ you; then ______ will be glorified.

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Photo For 07/25/2012

We are now on Weston Pass which also goes from the Fairplay area to Leadville...a homemade mine winch at the cabin we saw yesterday.

Points To Ponder 07/25/2012

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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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Romans 12:21 (NIV) (Fill in the blanks)

Do not be _________ with evil, but ___________ evil with good.

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Photo For 07/24/2012

We are now on Weston Pass which also goes from the Fairplay area to Leadville...a look from inside the cabin we saw yesterday...

Points to Ponder 07/24/2012

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It never occurs to teenagers that someday they will know as little as their parents.

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BIBLE QUIZ: 

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Psalm 119:105 (Fill in the blanks)

Your word is a ______ to my feet and a light for my ______. (NIV)

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Photo For 07/23/2012

We are now on Weston Pass which also goes from the Fairplay area to Leadville...An old miner’s cabin en route to the summit of Weston Pass.

Points To Ponder 07/23/2012

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The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Hebrews 3:1 (Fill in the blanks)

Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on _______, the apostle and high _______ whom we confess. (NIV)

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Photo For 07/22/2012

Rainbow over my shoulder..

Points To Ponder 07/22/2012

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All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

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BIBLE QUIZ: 

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Psalm 100:2

2 Serve the LORD with _________: come before his presence with _________. (KJV)

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Photo For 07/20/2012

Rainbow at Leadville....

Points To Ponder 07/20/2012

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To profit from good advice requires as much wisdom as to give it.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Galatians 6:10

Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do _______ to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of ____________. (NIV)

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Photo For 07/19/2012

Colorado & Southern steam engine number 641 on display at Leadville.

Points To Ponder 07/19/2012

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Perhaps there would be fewer problems with children if they had to chop wood to keep their video games going.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Philippians 2:3

Do nothing out of _________ ambition or ______ conceit, but in humility consider others ________ than yourselves. (NIV)

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Photo For 07/18/2012

Steam engine number 641 on display at Leadville.

Points To Ponder 07/18/2012

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Don't think you are necessarily on the right road because it is a well-beaten path.

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BIBLE QUIZ: 

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Fill in the blanks……………..

Matthew 20:28

….just as the Son of Man did not come to be __________, but to _________, and to give his life as a ransom for many." (NIV)

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Photo For 07/17/2012

We are headed on down the Leadville side of Mosquito Pass. We can now see Leadville in the distance...

Points To Ponder 07/17/2012

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I let cows eat my vegetables for me, then I have a hamburger... :0)
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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How many times did the Apostle Paul receive a beating of 39 lashes from the Jews? See 2 Corinthians 11:24

1. Once
2. Twice
3. Three times
4. Four times
5. Five Times

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Photo For 07/16/2012

We are headed on down the Leadville side of Mosquito Pass. Here is a shot of a thistle growing out of the rocks.

Points To Ponder 07/16/2012

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Salvation is in Christ alone, by grace alone, through faith alone, for God's glory alone.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Fill in the blank…………

Hebrews 11:6

And without _______ it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that He ________ and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. (NIV)

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Photo For 07/15/2012

Headed down the Leadville side of Mosquito Pass. You can see the smooth road and a telegraph pole dating from about 1888...

Points T Ponder 07/15/2012

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A man is always as young as he feels, but seldom as important.

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James 1:2-4

Consider it pure _____, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. (NIV)

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Photo For 07/14/2012

A sign at the summit...

MOSQUITO PASS

ELEVATION 13,185 FEET

Imagine

....Six-horse teams pulling loaded wagons, passing each other during a summer snow, the year 1878.

....80 timid passengers, certain they would find their gold in a halo instead of a hillside.

....Father Dyer traveling with 10-foot Norway snowshoes on night’s hard snow to deliver to U.S. mail to Leadville.

Points To Ponder 07/14/2012

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The present is what slips by us while we're pondering the past and worrying about the future.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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(Pick the correct answers)…Who was the High priest and who was his father-in-law? (John 18:13)

I was appointed the high priest of Israel in about A. D. 18 by the Roman procurator, Valerius Gratus. My father-in-law, and I were high priests when John the Baptist began his preaching.

 

1. Eltolad
2. Caiaphas
3. Chidon
4. Annas
5. Arctura
6. Asinah
7. Asnapper

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Photo For 07/13/2012

A marker at the summit...

Point To Ponder 07/13/2012

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Photo, Point To Ponder & Bible Quiz 07/13/2012
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A wise man is hungry for truth while the fool feeds on trash. - Proverbs.15:14 (LB)
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Who were they?

This man and his wife were Christians in the early church at Jerusalem. They sold a piece of property and brought only a portion of the proceeds from its sale to Peter, claiming it represented the total amount from the sale. When Peter rebuked the husband for lying about the amount, he immediately fell down and died. His wife later repeated the same falsehood, and she also fell down and died. Apparently, their pretense to be something they were not caused God to strike both _________ and _________ dead.

See Acts chapter 5

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Photo For 07/12/2012

Cresting at 13,185’ Mosquito Pass is one of North America's highest unimproved roads.

Points To Ponder 07/12/2012

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Our lives would run a lot more smoothly if second thoughts came first.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Ephesians 5:15-16

Be careful how you live, not as unwise but as those who are _______. Make the most of every opportunity for doing good in these evil days.

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Photo For 07/11/2012

More of the road over Mosquito Pass...

Points To Ponder 07/11/2012

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Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.             

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Romans 8:38-9:1

For I am persuaded, that neither _________, nor life, nor _________, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to ___________ us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Photo For 07/10/2012

Alpine sunflowers near the summit of Mosquito Pass...

Point To Ponder 07/10/2012

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There is one single fact which we may oppose to all the wit and argument of infidelity, namely, that no man ever repented of being a Christian on his death-bed. - Hannah More
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2 Timothy 2:22ff

Flee the ________ desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. Don't have anything to do with foolish and _________ arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.

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Photo For 07/09/2012

A friendly yellow-bellied marmot near the summit of Mosquito Pass. Normally they are reasonably shy. However, I think if I had opened the Jeep door I think he would of came on in!

Points To Ponder 07/09/2012

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Ninety percent of the friction of daily life is caused by the wrong tone of voice.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Ruth 1:1ff Fill in the blank…Where does Ruth fit into the genealogy of David and Christ?

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. And they took for themselves wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was ______, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. . . . .

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Photo For 07/08/2012

Wildflowers among the rocks...

Point To Ponder 07/08/2012

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How things look to you outside is always colored by what you're feeling inside. Rely on God's Promises.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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John 15:14

Jesus said,   “You are my __________ if you do what I command.”

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Photo For 07/07/2012

A pint sized pika at the London Mine and Tram building... The American pika, is a small flower-gathering relative of the rabbit that is rapidly disappearing...at least one state has listed the pika as an endangered species.

Point To Ponder 07/07/2012

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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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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Luke 16:10

"He that can be trusted with very ___________ can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be ____________ with much.

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Photo For 07/06/2012

The London Mine and tram building

Points To Ponder 07/06/2012

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Truth lies in character. Christ did not simply speak the truth; He was truth; truth, through and through; for truth is a thing not of words, but of life and being. - Frederick W. Robertson
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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I John 4:19

We love Him, because He _______ loved us.

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Photo For 07/05/2012

The road ahead on Mosquito Pass becomes a tad narrow in spots...

Points To Ponder 07/05/2012

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"The more you talk, the more likely you are to sin. If you're wise, you'll keep quiet" Proverbs 10:29 CEV
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Philippians 4:8
 

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatsoever things are ____________, whatsoever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are ___________, whatever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if anything worthy of praise, think [dwell] on these things.

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