Sure.
We drove up the
Mt. Washington Toll Road, it’s own exciting adventure!
A very dense
cloud at the summit making the trail to the hut a challenge.
We began the
1.5-mile hike over a clouded, rocky trail arriving at the hut in about 45
minutes.
After
spending the night among other hikers, we returned to the fogged in summit.
I’m not sure
how we would have reacted if a voice came out of the wind and clouds, but I can
guarantee you, we wouldn’t have pitched a tent!
It is no
accident that this story takes place on a mountain.
This story takes
place on a mountain top because ancient civilizations understood mountains as heaven
and earth’s meeting place.
The Bible,
understands mountains as places for epiphanies, like the stories Moses’ burning
bush and Elijah's’ mighty wind.
Jesus takes
Peter, James, and John to the mountaintop where his clothes turn dazzlingly
white.
In this epiphany,
Moses and Elijah are talking with Jesus.
Peter,
James, and John hear a voice talking to them: “This is my Son the Beloved.
Listen to him.”
The
significance of this revelation is to reinforce the work of the disciples in
the face of suffering and pain, or healings gone awry.
As Martha
Simmons wrote, “where the sweet by and by meets the nasty here and now.”
For me this
vision is a salvation story pointing to hope beyond today’s reality of pain and
brokenness to a healed tomorrow.
Think about it: Peter, James and John saw Jesus on the mountain top. Where do you see Jesus?
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