No Where Too Isolated For God
He was talking of his travels to the Misty Mountains.
He said a better name would be the Mystic Mountains.
The group of 4 took 3 days to reach the mountains.
Everything was shrouded in mist and fog.
You had to watch your step or trip on a log.
Worse yet, you could step into a bog.
It was a slow, difficult, arduous climb.
Along the way we were grabbing every vine.
I grabbed something slick. Your arm or mine?
It was a snake which I flung away with haste.
After that I tried to set a faster pace.
But, had to slow down. Branches hit me in the face.
After five days and nights of terror,
we reached the summit. We think we were there.
Couldn’t see anything yet. We could just stare.
Every direction seemed to be down.
I picked dead ahead, with a frown.
So, down the other side we were bound.
We had another 5 days of treacherous stuff.
We were almost ready to say we had had enough.
This trip was turning out to be mighty rough.
Then, the misty fog started thinning out.
We could see a few feet as we looked about.
I saw a fish in a brook I thought was a trout.
Then, the fog cleared and below us was a mystical land.
Beautiful, green, wooded, meadows, lakes, & sand.
Rivers, rolling gentle hills. It looked really grand.
We descended down into the valley. It was a steep climb.
This valley really seemed to be isolated in time.
The thought of dinosaurs came to mind.
On the valley floor there was a trail.
It led by a waterfall , where we saw some quail.
It led along a river then over a dale.
Then it led into the woods.
We followed the trail as best we could.
We didn’t stop, though we knew we should.
Suddenly, up ahead, we heard a sound.
It sounded like people. Could there be a town?
Then, there were children all around.
Sun tanned little faces looked up at us.
They weren’t afraid. they seemed to trust.
One looked shocked when one of us cussed.
“You’re not angels to talk like that”
The man turned red . Said: “Sorry about that.”
We all followed the kids to a near by shack.
A man came out holding a Bible.
He said “Well, hello there. I’m pastor Lible.”
“Don’t worry. The kids follow me everywhere I go.”
We learned the valley was totally cut off from outside.
He said “I saw smoke here when I went on a plane ride”
“I decided to check it out for myself.’ he sighed.
“I’ve been here 10 years now. Everyone is converted.”
“I didn’t realize how strong God’s word is.”
“Now, all these people are surely His.”
We realized no matter how isolated a place is.
God’s word will show all how His grace is.
God finds a way to reach all His faces.
——————————————————R. W. Johnson—–(2013)