It's All About Geography!

Again? Yep, that was the main point of the last blog entry, and here we go again!
Although, this time, we're focusing on on watching the July 4 Fireworks!

It is one thing to be situated at our home on the hill, and hear 'em in neighbor's back yards, or down at the baseball field at the end of nine innings. It is indeed something else to view fireworks from the top of a mountain, and not just any mountain, but Lookout Mountain. (Hmmm, wonder where that name came from?)

Thanks to Bethany's friends who know friends, we got to be part of a "by invitation only" private "screening" of the Fourth of July Fireworks as viewed from Rock City.

Okay, so we have 'the' perfect view to watch 'em as they go up and off from the nearby country club. And indeed, that was cool! But even cooler than that was viewing what took place down below, from the city, from the zoo, from an amusement park, from people's back yards -- all going off at once, and from different places. Seeing lots of people celebrate at the same time, from that vantage point was truly a memorable Fourth of July.

It's easy to get "stuck" in the place where we are, even if it's a really good place, with really great people. But when you're up and above most everyone else, life is just different. You see things in such a different perspective. It's really cool.

It's good to get away. It's good to view things from the top of the mountain. It's good to know people who know people who can get you in that special place at a special time.

Truly, a Fourth of July to remember with joy!
Celebrating independence, mercy, grace, and peace.