I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains…

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills/mountains, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from Yehovah, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Yehovah is thy keeper: Yehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. Yehovah shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Yehovah shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. (Psalm 121:1–8)

Just returned from my first backpack trip of the season into the Cascade Mountains near Mount Hood that are about one-and-a-half hours from my house. Accompanying me were several of my boys. We hiked into a small mountain lake where we hung out swimming, having Bible studies, praying and hiking. I also taught them some wilderness survival and bushcraft skills.

I was up early every morning with my Bible in hand watching the sun come up over the hills shining on the lake and our camp. it’s always amazing how it’s easier to hear the voice of YHVH when we get away from the physical and spiritual noise of the city. The awesome splendor of his creation literally surrounds and envelops a person, so that all one can do is think about him and revel in the beauty of his nature and lift up one’s hands in quiet and reverent praise to the of the one who created it all! Soli deo gloria!!!

One evening around the campfire, Kaleb led us in a Bible study on Revelation 21. As a result of that, after a sunrise swim the next morning in the lake’s pristine waters, I then let the Ruach wash me in the water of the Word of Elohim, and I was blessed with some wonderful insightful revelations from that chapter, which I will share with you in the near future.

Please enjoy these photos.

Sunrise over the lake

Sunset over the lake

Jared, Kaleb and Ryan with Bibles in hand as we study the word of Elohim around the campfire

A panoramic view of our campsite at lake’s edge with Natan cooking dinner in our camp kitchen

I’m never happier than when I’m away from the city and up in Yehovah’s creation. My family has been trekking these same mountains for more than 100 years!

Natan dangling his feet over a vertical fifty foot cliff with Mount Hood in the background

May our love for Yeshua and his word burning be like hot coals! When I take my kids into the mountains, this is the passion I try to impart in them: love for YHVH’s creation and his Word!

 

4 thoughts on “I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains…

  1. That is so beautiful and inspiring Natan. Thank you for sharing. That kind of passion that you impart to your sons cannot be learned in any formal institution. Kind of like the love for Elohim that Yeshua imparted to His talmudim.

    • Exactly. That’s the best, Yeshua, biblical model to follow——lead by example and teach as you’re walking and working.

      For years, I’ve had the dream to have a sort of outdoor school where I could teach and train young people in outdoor living skills as well as in the Hebraic roots of our faith——weave the two together. Impart wisdom and knowledge that challenges the brain and spirit of man, and his body as well. Develop physical and spiritual gifts and callings, inspire confidence in self and in Elohim, while helping to raise up the next generation. Encounters with Elohim and with nature together.

  2. It’s absolutely beautiful, I sure do miss the outdoors, it’s been years, to many. Thank you for sharing in Elohim creation, and can’t wait to hear what He has shown you. Shalom and blessings

  3. Hello Natan, I really thought the reply you gave on 29/06/2017 to fellow believer’s comment the 6.50 am one was wonderful .! Biblical model….>>> outdoor school re skills combined with discipling young people ..would be great Hebraic teaching model.

    I’m a firm believer in training up a child, teenager , young adult is so important..u r correct they r the next generation to carry the BATON & KEEP THE FLAME BURNING OF THE RUACH SO TO SPEAK UNTIL YESHUA RETURNS. . THEY NEED MATURE, FIRM, WELL GROUNDED , LOVING FATHERS WHO HAVE A MANTLE TO TEACH & TRAIN= DISCIPLE = DISCIPLINE IN THE THINGS OF ELOHIM..AS WELL AS THE COMPLEX WORLD AROUND THEM TO BE WELL GROUNDED & ROUNDED…”RUACH FILLED; DUNAMIS POWER YOUTH , ADULTS “ETC. WOW.!! GO FOR IT ! MAY ELOHIM GRANT YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR FATHERS HEART & IMPART A GREATER MEASURE OF THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM FOR THIS YOUNGER GENERATION..THEY HAVE SO MUCH TO OFFER.

    ITS LIKE SEEING A BABY EAGLET EVENTUALLY FLY & LEAVE THE NEST & SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE..WITH THE PROPHETIC EYES & ANOINTING OF THE TRUE RUACH HA KODESH. IM TOLD THE MOTHER ALSO NUDGES THE BABY EAGLET OUT OF THE NEST. U MAY KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT PERHAPS.
    Blessings & regards

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