FAMILY – Page 24 – Skelton Sketches

Two good reasons to travel

Posted on July 1, 2011April 29, 2017 by lindaskelton

There are all sorts of reasons that people travel I suppose…

The ferries feel like deluxe cruises when the sun shines…

The harsh aspect of winter is softening in the mountain passes…

And I love going to the zoo…

The peacocks are invariably vain.
And the giraffes (my favorite) always incredibly proportioned…

The hippos are huge…

(This elephant could use a summer manicure.)

And it’s great to hit the wide open spaces and feel the bigness of the sky…

But the two best reasons we’ve found to travel are:

Reason #1:

Reason #2:

And so go our travels…

–LS

“But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,
and his righteousness to children’s children,” Ps.103:17

Winter Wonder

Posted on February 26, 2011April 29, 2017 by lindaskelton

Travels took us to snowland…It sticks here! and stacks!

…and makes for scenic driving views!

The ice sculpting on the house windows indicates the temperature outside. When the whole window’s iced in it’s at least 20 below 0. When the ice climbs just half way up, it’s warmer, just –10. And if the window’s clear, it might only be freezing ( :

But the best part of the travel was the beauty at trail’s end, fresh from God’s hand—

our first granddaughter…
Too many miles between us, but the trip’s well worth the reward of holding this wee one, just over 5 pounds, and ohh so soft and wonder-full!
–LS
May your winter’s finish be so full of wonder.

Life is the little walk before.

Posted on January 1, 2011April 29, 2017 by lindaskelton

‘Life is the little walk before.’

‘How one takes this walk determines the forever destination…’ (—Ann Voskamp*)

This week is a reminisce of paths I’ve known, in honor of my Dad (pictured above) who walks alone now in the darkening shades of Alzheimer’s disease with the mental confusion and communication disability it brings. We’ve walked many trails together. This one he must walk alone, with the Unseen One as guide. He is in Good hands.

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. Pr.14:12 NKJV

Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. Matt.7:14 NASB

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Jn.14:6 ESV

Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? Ps.139:7 ESV

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Then You knew my path. In the way in which I walk they have secretly set a snare for me. Ps.142:3 NKJV
You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar.
You scrutinize my path and my lying down, and are intimately acquainted with all my ways. Ps.139:2,3
NASB

But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Job 23:10 NASB

You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Ps.16:11 NKJV

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. Prov.4:18 ESV

May all your trails in 2011 be with God. We walk by faith, not by sight…

–LS

P.S. Way to go Dad! Thank-you for marking out the way of faith for me to follow.

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If you have not yet met Ann Voskamp, I commend to you her writing at http://www.aholyexperience.com
She is an artist with words and photography, reflecting winsomely on her walk with God as a farmer’s wife and mother of a brood of 6.