Photo ©2007 and Commentary ©2025 by Chuck Davis
Monday, May 19, 2025
On the Pacific Crest Trail, just north of Snoqualmie Pass, hikers encounter the Kendall Katwalk and views of The Four Brothers. At the Katwalk, the trail crosses the backbone of the Cascade Mountain Range. At the spot where I stood to capture this image, the raindrops that fall on the left side of the trail flow to the west and the Snoqualmie River. Those raindrops enter Puget Sound. Raindrops that fall on the right side of the trail make their way east to the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean.
If a raindrop could choose, which side of the trail would it fall upon? Twelve inches one way or the other would make an insignificant difference in the life of a raindrop. Slight changes in our choices, however, have a lasting effect.
Contemplate the choice that Joshua posed for the Israelites. Joshua 24:15 KJV: “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Little consequence for a raindrop at the Kendall Katwalk, but our choices carry the weight of eternity. Pray that your choices today are with the house of Joshua.