Photo ©2009 and Commentary ©2025 by Chuck Davis
Monday, April 28, 2025
NEW PHOTO PARABLE BLOGGER! After many years as our church website’s Monday Daily Photo Parable blogger, Cheryl Boardman has hung up her camera (so to speak). Thanks, Cheryl, for each of your thoughtful devotionals! Replacing her is Charles “Chuck” Davis, whose bass-baritone is sometimes heard for special music, but who is also a wilderness-lover and superb photographer. (The beautiful scenery on our church website’s home page is his work.) Beginning today, Chuck’s blogs will show up each Monday in this spot. Welcome, Chuck! – Pastor Maylan
CHUCK WRITES: The high point on the Summit Lake Trail provided a “Front Row Seat” with a stunning view of Mount Rainier. The location and a tripod led to a self-portrait. Photographs allow us to capture moments in time and help us to preserve the memories of places that we visit. The mountains are my favorite place to read from God’s second book. When we spend enough time alone in the wilderness, we cannot fail to hear God speak.
Jesus spent 40 days alone in the wilderness. During those days with his Father, Jesus must have captured mental photographs and memories that sustained Him all the way to the cross.
Find time with Christ to form memories that will carry you through those times that you truly feel alone. In John 14, we learn, that if He goes away, He will come again… Trust that while He is away, He is preparing a “Front Row Seat” for you, one with a view that will be so much grander than that of Mt. Rainier.