Mt. Rigi

I step out on my back patio and my view is Mt. Rigi. When I leave my flat and walk towards the train station as the sun is coming up I look up at this mountain. Funny thing, different sections of our school are named for mountains in Switzerland and my building is the Rigi Building. One of our opening school activities was hiking on Mt. Rigi. It seems that there is something about this mountain that is a part of my life in various ways right now. Whatever I am reading always seems to weave its way into my thinking helping me process what is happening in my life.

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard
"Mountains are giant, restful, absorbent. You can heave your spirit into a mountain and the mountain will keep it, folded, and not throw it back as some creeks will. The creeks are the world with all its stimulus and beauty; I live there. But the mountains are home."

I find my bag heavy as I make my way in the dark with the sun just coming up, giving me a little more hope and light. It has made me think of the Mountains we all have to climb and while I am surrounded by trees and looking down at my path, if I look heavenward there is someone who sees the top. It has also made me think of the call to come to the Mountain of the Lord. I see it with deeper understanding as I look at my mountain each day... the temple helping to gather strength while the nature of the path I am on, the obstacles we all face push me up the mountain as I rely on our Savior. It has also made me think of works and grace... I trudge along my way, knowing that I can't do it all and trusting that Grace will help me become more.. This is what I am thinking it means to get to the top!

The creeks are the world with all its stimulus and beauty; I live there. But the mountains are home.....