Teresa and I are almost three weeks into our 50-day anniversary celebration. It has been absolutely amazing to this point. We have already seen so much that it takes a few minutes to think about all that we have seen and done. I would love to tell you about everything, but it would take far too long to rehearse all the wonderful things we have done in the short space of a blog. So, I will share one of those divine encounters God has given us along the way.

I shared with you in a previous blog about a tour Teresa and I took of the Grand Canyon, and of a conversation we had with our tour guide, Jason. He gave a very intellectual discussion of the theory of Darwinian evolution, to which God gave opportunity to share the Bible’s teaching of divine creation.

We have now taken another guided tour of the Rocky Mountain National Park, and our guide for this trip, Eddie, spent a great deal of time discussing his understanding of philosophical existentialism. He told several interesting stories which all ended with the same conclusion: nothing is good, nothing is bad, all serves the purpose for which it exists. His understanding of humanity is that we are just one of the multitude of forms of animal life, and nothing of any significance separates human beings from any other animal.

Eddie is a great storyteller. His entertaining stories filled the time when we were traveling the 1 1/2 hours from our starting point in Denver to the entrance to the park. After listening to him share story after story, each reaching the same conclusion as the previous ones – that life is meaningless, nothing good, nothing bad – I shared with him that the Bible presents a totally different view of all that exists. It gave me the opportunity once again to share with our tour guide, as well as the rest of the group taking the tour. the Biblical view of creation, and the sanctity of human life being created in the image of God.

As we all marveled at the beauty of God’s amazing natural creation, Teresa then went on to share with our group the amazing story of God’s gift of supernatural re-creation when one places his faith in the saving work of Jesus Christ, who died to pay the penalty of our sin. No one, as far as we know, embraced the presentation of the Gospel, but they did hear it. They are now accountable for what they do with it. Our prayer is that the Holy Spirit will continue to bring that conversation to their minds and bring them to saving faith.

In my next blog I am going to share still yet two more divine encounters that God has brought across our path on this amazing journey. Until then:

Blessings!