The Heavy Plow

  The Heavy Plow The Plow upon His shoulder, He walks across the land, The earth spreads open, Behind the steps, Of this man. The Planter of the seed, Pulls the heavy Plow, The ground is rent, Soil bared, His work draws a crowd. Like a beast beneath the yoke, He stumbles in His task, The Plow digs deep, As the crowd around Him laughs. The plow row behind Him, Opens to receive the seed, While men and women rejoice, To see Him on his knees. The Plow again now rises, Here, double yoked, A Cyrenian pressed in service, In this cruel, heartless joke. The heavy Plow upon them, They furrow up the hill, The crowd of endless ages, Laugh at it still. Blood and sweat drip, Watering the row, The seeds begin to spring, In the garden far below. The heavy Plow is planted, Firmly in the dirt, The work is nearly finished, Of sowing this rebirth. The Planter on the Plow, Looks out upon His work, Though His heart is pierced, He declares it - good. Earth, now turned over, Beneath the heavy Plow, Stands wa

Boy's Day Out

I took the boys out to Clear Creek for a hike last week. After they saw the pictures from my hike they had to go and see the barn. This is the ascent up Cemetery Ridge Trail, a 700 foot rise from the road.

The boys pause for a breather and to dream of sled ridding down the hill behind them.


They spotted the barn!

A place boys could play in all day long.



We found a pool of water with frog eggs in it. Many of the tadpoles were starting to emerge from the eggs.



On the way back down the hill.

I forgot to mention that this guy was on my back the whole time. Good training for the Wilderness Outreach trip.

I'd been left behind.

If you click on the picture, you may see a red dot near the middle. That's one of the boys far ahead of dad.

Comments

Lauren said…
Wow, very impressed that they hiked so far. Way to go boys! (and you!)
James M. Hahn said…
They did very well considering it was about 4 miles total and much of it steep, rugged terrain. They did good this last weekend too (only 1.5 miles) www.wildcatholicheart.blogspot.com