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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed. &#8211; Luke 5:16 Although we all share several common traits as humans, the Lord creates each of us as unique individuals. And that is a really good thing. Sometimes a verse or passage I read in the Bible makes me pause to meditate on the wonderous truths of the words being spoken to my heart. The above Scripture is one such verse. Seeking Solitude For many, many years I have sought solitude in the wilderness. I was never taught to do this, nor did I see it modeled for me &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sunset Over the Mountains</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! &#8211; Psalm 46:10 There is more than one reason we see vivid colors in a sunset or sunrise. The sun’s light must pass through a greater thickness of the atmosphere when the sun is low on the horizon vs when it is overhead. During a sunset, such as the one pictured above, light from the sun is dispersed or scattered in the earth’s atmosphere. The shorter wavelengths of light &#8211; found in blue and violet colors &#8211; are &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mountain Vapor II</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 11:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths, And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight. Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]! Selah. &#8211; Psalm 39:5 AMP The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. &#8230; So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom. &#8211; Psalm 90:10, 12 NKJV &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Night Sky</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Trock]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2023 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens. &#8211; Psalm 123:1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains&#8211;where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. &#8211; Psalm 121:1-2 NIV Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on high, who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth? &#8211; Psalm 113:5-6 NIV Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sunrise Over the Mountains</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Through the LORD&#8217;s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities&#8211;his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. Romans 1:20 NLT Not too long ago I chatted with someone who told me he did not believe there is a God. I appreciated his honesty. So, I asked him what he thinks when he looks outside &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mountain Vapor and Clouds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. James 4:13-14 There are many reasons I like to hike the mountains, especially off of man-made trails. One reason I’ve mentioned before is that I never know what type of treasure I’m going to find as I crisscross ridges and valleys (see Mountain &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mountain Cathedrals II</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 09:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O LORD, You preserve man and beast. How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures. For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.  Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, And &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mountain Cathedrals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:10-11 Our nearby mountains stay snow covered most of the winter. Snow which accumulates on mountains is critical to water supplies here &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Water Ouzel / American Dipper</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Trock]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2018 08:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3 The very first time I saw a water ouzel, I thought I’d killed it. No kidding. Long ago I was fishing alone in a remote area in the southwest corner of Yellowstone National Park. A medium-sized grey bird appeared very close to me, standing on a rock next to the river. He was dipping and bobbing up and down like nothing I’d ever seen before. I took a step closer to get a better look, and he bailed &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Elk Meeting</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Trock]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2018 08:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. Ecclesiastes 4:11 (NLT) There are reasons why many animals do not wander their territory alone in the wilderness. It’s true that there is strength in numbers, not to mention protection and safety. Instead of just one set of ears and eyes, this small herd of elk has the benefit of six pairs to help warn them of approaching danger. Elk always make me think of wilderness and the wild country of the &#8230;]]></description>
		
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