After our Arizona trip I thought some reflections were appropriate. Here are some I have.
1. It is a blessing to have Christian friends - we all laughed together and tried to win in the games we played, but no one got mad or threw things. It was natural for us to reach for hands at the table and ask God's blessing, be it in a cabin or cafe.
2. People are the same everywhere - lots of them good and a few not so good. However, we must remember wherever we are that being "good" or a "good person" is not enough. Jesus didn't even want to be called "good". "There is only One who is good". Was His comment.
3. This world is incredibly diverse and complicated. The High Desert is alive with all kinds of life. An insect is under each rock. Plants with tiny blooms we have never seen can suddenly appear with a shower or rain. Birds somehow know how to maneuver through the mountains and desert to destinations far away. Their GPS's are incredibly tiny and extremely accurate.
4. We tower over all His creation as the ultimate. God breathed into us and gave us living souls. That separated us from the wiliest animal on earth. We are all really important to God and He has a plan for those who will follow Him.
5. The Native Americans were totally misunderstood and horribly mistreated.
6. A sea breeze is a blessing as long as it is contained.
7. Interstate TEN at eighty MPH (Legal) is still pretty boring.
8. Never ride in a trailer on the highway or anywhere else. They come apart like a match box when they flip at sixty-five. We saw that.
9. Where two or three are gathered together you can have church. Six is really a big crowd.
