Our Hike into the Grand Canyon

One of the great thrills of the Grand Canyon is hiking to the bottom… and hopefully back! Our son, Andrew, has made this trek, along with millions of others.  Here are some photos from our hike into the Grand Canyon.

The astute observer may notice that we did NOT go very FAR into the Canyon.  True.  We hiked a few hundred yards in, with NO intention of going to the bottom.  We hiked in a way similar to the way many of us practice Christianity.  We invest a little into Christianity, and then don’t find it all that satisfying. We commit, just not “all-the-way”.

We laughed about telling our friends about our big hike into the Canyon.  We had lots of “reasons” for not hiking in.  Our time was limited.  But, time is always limited, so it becomes a convenient excuse for not praying, reading, studying serving or hiking.

We had been on the road already for several days before we got to the Canyon.  We were physically tired, plus we had Cru Staff Training ahead of us- plus miles of travel.  We can usually come up with excuses as to why we should NOT spend too much energy on our Christian activities.

But, our chief reason for NOT hiking far, far into the beautiful Canyon, was that we had lots of other things on our agenda.  We had Zion, Bryce, and Arches National Parks on our schedule. And hmmm, yes we see Christianity the same way.

Now, here’s the difference, hiking into the Grand Canyon may be nice, but it has NO major consequences one way or another.  Our life as a Christian, our actions, our relationships, our decisions, do have ETERNAL consequences, not only for ourselves but for others as well.

Enjoy the hike!  We sure did… ;).