The cool connection of the rocks on the window’s ledge….
The tower that continues to stand tall ……
The evergreen in its effortlessness….
Looking, looking still, looking always.
c2015 Lisa Lyons
God can use all sorts of things to heal us, to lift our spirits for a time and give us hope. This picture shows us happily smiling with an amazingly beautiful view behind us in Portmagee, Ireland. What the picture doesn’t show is the hike that preceeded it, one foot placed after the other to reach the top. What it also doesn’t show is my sprained right ankle, carefully wrapped and tucked tightly inside a laced-up boot. You see, I had turned it two days earlier in the airport enroute, and I thought hiking was definitely out of the question for a few more days. I had iced, rested, elevated, but I was in IRELAND, baby! We drove by this short hike, and I said, “Let’s try it….I can stop if it gets too bad.” Step, step, step, keep going, almost there…..aaaahhhh…look at that view!!!! 🙂 And suddenly, that ankle felt so much better. And it was fine the rest of the trip. God’s beauty, a goal, what a great combination.
Note to self: Must remember this story and keep on looking for the views. 🙂
Blessings on your day, Lisa
Pinks, purples, blues, fuzzy whites, soft greens, and a smile which has a colour all of its own. Enjoy your day with all of its colours. Slainte, Lisa
Summit of Carrantuohill, Summer of 2001, Joshua Lyons
I read a few weeks ago that vandals snuck to the top of Carrantuohill in Co. Kerry, Ireland, and cut down part of the metal cross at the summit. No doubt they felt justified or glorified in this cowardly act of vandalism. (Note: See end of this post for the update to this story.) But to me, it’s just sad. They don’t realize what they were doing….that no removal of a man-made symbol of Jesus will change who He is and what He does. He will be coming back in amazing triumph and power, and everyone will see Him and be amazed. He is unchangeable, invincible, unmoveable. He is the Rock of all time. Cling to Him as life churns around you. He will be your fixed and firm point. Certainty. Blessings, Lisa
****Happy ending: The cross was rebuilt within a week of the vandalism! 🙂 Lift high the Cross!
THE mindless vandals that uprooted the giant cross at the summit of Carrauntoohil have got an answer they probably never expected after a proud community reinstated the steel structure to its rightful place within a week.
The MacGillycuddy Reeks Mountain Access Forum supervised the mammoth task of re-erecting the five meter cross on Saturday and it now stands proudly on top of the 1,038m peak.
A dedicated team of volunteers scaled the mountain to ensure the cross was put back in place and the work was overseen by height work specialist Mike O’Shea, staff from the Liebherr container cranes plant in Fossa, Beaufort Community Council embers and local landowners.
The MacGillycuddy Reeks Mountain Access Forum have thanked all those who offered their support and assistance and a spokesman said there would be many opportunities in the future to help with projects in the Reeks area, such as remedial works to prevent further erosion.
* Pictures: Valerie O’Sullivan. Click on images to enlarge and for informatio
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