Road in Retirement

Rock Let me continue to discuss my road in retirement in Asheville, North Carolina; and with the continued focus theme of God as an immovable rock. In Isaiah 26:4 God’s rock nature is described this way: “Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is THE rock eternal." Chris has been looking for one last perfect rock for our two-year old landscaping that has been taking shape in spurts. The bigger the rock, the more issues getting it to a spot in our yard, but also the more permanent it becomes. God is the hugest of all huge rocks; infinitely permanent. When we go to him for our prayers, needs, concerns, and praises, he is always there. He is the penultimate of permanence or as Isaiah says, THE rock eternal .  Retreat One of our side trips in Asheville, was penciled into the itinerary as a possible “maybe." It’s called the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove. It sounds corporate, commercial and why would we go there? But when we arrived it became a more mysterious meani...

Asheville and Rocks For the last several months I have pestered my husband to go to Asheville, North Carolina—a bucket list item for sure. I will be logging excerpts from our travels there over the next several blogs, because we made it! But I wanted to start the epic journey with rocks. Yes rocks. Chris studied rocks for a living. Geologist. In geologic jargon, Asheville snuggles within the Appalachian, Blue Ridge, or Smoky Mountains; all the same and part of an old, tired mountain range. This eastern U.S. range was once prolific with steep slopes and high peaks like in the Rockies. But with the passage of time the peaks wore down, slopes eroded and now the entire range is smothered with fir, cedar, oak, maple and ash. Underneath this canopy of green; however, is still a foundation of fairly stable and solid rock. These mountains and their granite foundations are leveled down to such a degree that a nearly 500-mile long freeway called the Blue Ridge Parkway was engineered to rest upon...