Today's Thought

Worry

Philippians 4:4-6, "Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God"

A fishing boat sank in rough, cold waters off Vancouver Island, leaving two men in a life raft tied to the sinking boat by a nylon rope. Neither had a knife to cut the rope, and had the ship sunk, it would have pulled the boat and the men down with it. For an hour, the two men alternated chewing the rope, Minutes before the ship sank, the men finally chewed through the rope and survived. (Source: The State Journal-Register of Springfield, Ill, quoted in Parade, December 31, 1995, p. 10). 

Paul was under house arrest. There was the possibility that he might be acquitted, or he might be beheaded. He didn't know what his future held. Yet he gave us some of the most inspiring words found in Philippians 4:4-6. 

Worry is the advanced interest we pay on troubles that seldom come. Paul wasn't sitting in some hill top mansion, writing up practical theories. He was not lounging on some beach in the Southern California, eating a taco and having an iced tea. This was a man who was incarcerated, yet he was able to say, "Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!"

Anyone can rejoice when things are going reasonably well. But when we're facing adversity or sickness or hardship or death and then we rejoice, we are praising God. God is on His throne. He loves you and is watching out for you. So rejoice in the Lord.

Dublin Gulch - California

On one of our outing we’ve visited Dublin Gulch just outside of the town of Shoshone, California on Highway 127. We drove up to about a quarter-mile up a rough dirt road and park at a gravel parking area. From there we walked to the homes that was constructed into the solidified volcanic ash. During the 1920s, miners carved dwellings in this caliche clay embankment.

Looking in the window, this room turns to the left, I wonder how far it goes.

The "outhouse"

Here's a view looking across the Dublin Gulch at the row of homes.

The name "Dublin Gulch" may have came from an area of the same name in Butte, MT, where one resident, Joe Vollmer, once lived. Some cave homes have split levels, stovepipes, and garages, pretty amazing. Thanks for reading and enjoy the photos.

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