My sons Sawyer and John and their friend Justin at the Icewater Springs Shelter in the year we hiked through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park along the AT. I think it was 2007.
Moments before sunrise...looking out from the Icewater Springs Shelter.
Sunrise from the Icewater Springs Shelter. And every time I see the sun rise, I can't help but think -- "He has risen."
Mariana and I on August 12th 2006 at Icewater Springs, GSMNP. Happy Anniversary.
"The leader of the families of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan son of Uzziel. They were responsible for the care of the ark...." [Numbers 3:30-31]
Each of the Levite family had it's own prescribed duty outlined in the care, operation and transportation of the Tent of Meeting. Some carried the Tabernacle, some worried about the frames, others ropes and tent pegs. The Kohathites cared for the ark. Can you imagine that? If the couldn't touch it, how could they "care" for it? To knock off the dust and rub out the tarnish, did they carefully run a cloth over it...a cloth attached to the end of a rod? What was it like to work so near the presence of God? Did they hear God's voice from time to time as they were cleaning? Did it glow and blind them with His glory?
I'd like to be the guy driving in the tent pegs and tightening the rope. There's something satisfying about working with rope and tying a good knot. I could do that. Cleaning the ark, being that close to God from day to day would be tough.
"Moses and Aaron and his sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise..." [Numbers 3:38]
I remember camping with Mariana in the Great Smoky Mountains on our anniversary. I think it was our 23rd anniversary. We spent the night in the Icewater Springs Shelter on the Appalachian Trail. So far, it is my favorite place to spend the night outdoors in all the world because the shelter faces the sunrise. There's just something magical and and miraculous and wondrous and blessed about waking up outdoors greeting the sunrise...with someone you love.
Ahhh, not sure this is the same for Moses and Aaron and his sons.... Make of it what you will.
But I do believe the Bible is our story, too. So I regularly write myself and those I love into it.
My post from last year on this date.
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