Wilderness epiphany: there is no doubt I am out of control and God is in control.

From: Presbyterian Record | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: Webber, David | Copyright information

It was a special spot embedded in the wilderness of the Rocky Mountains. It was a hot spring nestled in a cliff on the edge of Sheep Creek. My Dad and I lived in a shack without running water, so we went there every Sunday for our weekly bath. Even when it was 35 below (Celsius) and the snow was three feet deep, the hot spring maintained lush green vegetation and warmth for a few metres around, an oasis in the icy desert of winter.

We would sit in that water, Dad and I, ...

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