Our sons participated in the scouting program while growing up. They endured cold, fatigue and food prepared by other scouts. One hike was particularly grueling. (Bill also went on this hike.) The trail was overgrown and they found themselves backtracking from impassable cliffs and ended up bushwhacking through miles of scrub oak brush. It tested them individually and bonded them as a group. They often look back on this experience and the lessons they learned together.
A Different Point of View
United in purpose, their goal barely in sight
Test of will, endurance, the scouts stayed
out another night
Lifting, encouraging,
sharing the load
A prayer in each heart, a brief call to home
Struggling,
straining, grabbing a hand
Both young and old, all brothers, all men
Beyond the
trial of mountain, now, testing the soul
Realizing someone far greater was in control
With faith,
hope and courage, maintaining the pace
Finally, arriving homeward to loved ones embrace
The purpose
magnified, lessons not soon forgotten
Knowing leaders both seen, and unseen, had
taught them
The journey
once began as small to a few
Now, seen through all eyes with a different
point of view
Trust in the
creator, brotherly love understood
And the protective practice of His
priesthood
By Janice
Harten
Copyright © 2013 Janice Harten. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2013 Janice Harten. All rights reserved.
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