Wyoming BS thread for November-Let it fly!
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11-06-2009, 09:20 AM
Got this in an email, thought I'd share it with you all....
Thought you should see this nice article by a sports
reporter for The Cleveland Plain Dealer daily newspaper....
Trip to Wyoming feels far from home, but closer to God
By Terry Pluto
September 26, 2009, 4:55AM
I don't think much about Heaven, other than that I want to go there.
There are some images of Heaven with angels floating on clouds
and playing harps, or perhaps of heaven as a never-ending church
service where people sing and pray until they drop. I don't know what
heaven will be like, but I doubt either of those portraits is correct.
Last Saturday, September 19, 2009, I flew to Denver to cover
the Browns game. I'm not sure what that 27-6 loss to Denver was;
it sure wasn't Heaven.
But the day before that game, I went to southern Wyoming and
thought a lot about Heaven.
I drove down roads where I saw more pronghorn antelope than
I did cars and people. I drove down roads where I saw signs
kiddingly reading, "Next services, 34 Hours." I drove down roads
where, when it snows, they drop gates and close the interstates
until the storm passes.
I drove down roads under high skies and huge clouds that seemed
to rise up to the heavens. I drove down roads through miles of open
pastures, roads where my cellphone was long out of range.
I drove down roads that made me think of a line from novelist Dan
O'Brien: "You have a sense that everyone can see you, but no one
is looking."
That may bother some people, who are uneasy about all the rugged,
lonely hills and valleys.
For those who love a crowd and the 50-percent-off sale at the mall,
a state with 522,830 people and an estimated 550,000 antelope may
not have much Appeal.
I have been to Wyoming at least a dozen times. On each visit, I think
how the land is not tamed by man. Some mountains are too high, some
rivers too wild, some storms too fierce.
I know that there are days when Wyoming can seem like hell on earth
during a blizzard, a dust storm, or with a blown radiator in the middle
of
nowhere and no one around to call for help.
But I didn't think of that as I drove south of Laramie. I saw several
herds
of pronghorns - 10 over here, 25 there, at least 50 ahead on top of the
hill. For 10 miles, not a single car was on the road.
In Isaiah 65:17, God says, "Behold, I will create a new Heaven and a new
Earth."
I had a taste of it as I drove west on Wyoming 130 into the Snowy
Mountains.
They rose 10,000 feet with the sun peeking behind snow-capped peaks.
Rather
than spend any time wondering how it came about and the power behind it
all.
Then I saw a truck on the other side of the road, a man standing near
it, staring
into the woods. I slowed down and spotted a huge horse with
antlers...only, it was
a moose in a clearing. I stopped and walked over to the man.
"There's four of 'em," he said. Then a female moose and two young ones
ambled
out from behind some bushes, joining the big bull. We watched them
silently for
about five minutes, me wondering what exactly got into God when he
created a
strange creature like a moose. Sheer entertainment, I suppose.
Finally, the four moose disappeared back in the woods. The other man and
I left
too, nodding to each other but not saying a word.
First Corinthians 2
reads: "As it is written: 'No eye has seen, no ear
has heard,
no mind has conceived what God has prepared in Heaven For those who love
Him."
But that Saturday in Wyoming, I was given just a glimpse.
=============
Thought you should see this nice article by a sports
reporter for The Cleveland Plain Dealer daily newspaper....
Trip to Wyoming feels far from home, but closer to God
By Terry Pluto
September 26, 2009, 4:55AM
I don't think much about Heaven, other than that I want to go there.
There are some images of Heaven with angels floating on clouds
and playing harps, or perhaps of heaven as a never-ending church
service where people sing and pray until they drop. I don't know what
heaven will be like, but I doubt either of those portraits is correct.
Last Saturday, September 19, 2009, I flew to Denver to cover
the Browns game. I'm not sure what that 27-6 loss to Denver was;
it sure wasn't Heaven.
But the day before that game, I went to southern Wyoming and
thought a lot about Heaven.
I drove down roads where I saw more pronghorn antelope than
I did cars and people. I drove down roads where I saw signs
kiddingly reading, "Next services, 34 Hours." I drove down roads
where, when it snows, they drop gates and close the interstates
until the storm passes.
I drove down roads under high skies and huge clouds that seemed
to rise up to the heavens. I drove down roads through miles of open
pastures, roads where my cellphone was long out of range.
I drove down roads that made me think of a line from novelist Dan
O'Brien: "You have a sense that everyone can see you, but no one
is looking."
That may bother some people, who are uneasy about all the rugged,
lonely hills and valleys.
For those who love a crowd and the 50-percent-off sale at the mall,
a state with 522,830 people and an estimated 550,000 antelope may
not have much Appeal.
I have been to Wyoming at least a dozen times. On each visit, I think
how the land is not tamed by man. Some mountains are too high, some
rivers too wild, some storms too fierce.
I know that there are days when Wyoming can seem like hell on earth
during a blizzard, a dust storm, or with a blown radiator in the middle
of
nowhere and no one around to call for help.
But I didn't think of that as I drove south of Laramie. I saw several
herds
of pronghorns - 10 over here, 25 there, at least 50 ahead on top of the
hill. For 10 miles, not a single car was on the road.
In Isaiah 65:17, God says, "Behold, I will create a new Heaven and a new
Earth."
I had a taste of it as I drove west on Wyoming 130 into the Snowy
Mountains.
They rose 10,000 feet with the sun peeking behind snow-capped peaks.
Rather
than spend any time wondering how it came about and the power behind it
all.
Then I saw a truck on the other side of the road, a man standing near
it, staring
into the woods. I slowed down and spotted a huge horse with
antlers...only, it was
a moose in a clearing. I stopped and walked over to the man.
"There's four of 'em," he said. Then a female moose and two young ones
ambled
out from behind some bushes, joining the big bull. We watched them
silently for
about five minutes, me wondering what exactly got into God when he
created a
strange creature like a moose. Sheer entertainment, I suppose.
Finally, the four moose disappeared back in the woods. The other man and
I left
too, nodding to each other but not saying a word.
First Corinthians 2
reads: "As it is written: 'No eye has seen, no earhas heard,
no mind has conceived what God has prepared in Heaven For those who love
Him."
But that Saturday in Wyoming, I was given just a glimpse.
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11-06-2009, 03:37 PM
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The Pokes will be losing to BYU tomorrow at home. I want to go but I am have to process my deer tomorrow then got to orientation for a new cowboy gun club I joined. Then on sunday I am taking the gf to Denver. She is going to Central Europe for two weeks. Give me a good chance to get some coyotes while she is gone.