Like many other parks, Yellowstone, our first National Park, is a place of beauty. Rocky Mountain NP, Yosemite NP and Grand Canyon NP are all beautiful in different ways, yet Yellowstone is so much more diverse than those others. It has the mountain vistas, canyons and wildlife galore, along with something the others don’t have - geothermal activity. As I toured the park from one side to the other, it was very evident that the earth is still quite active just below the surface. This activity is a result of the Global Flood from Genesis, regardless of what the numerous signs throughout the park say as they try to educate its visitors. The evidence is overwhelming, from the pure flood rock strata hundreds to thousands of feet thick next to mud volcanoes spewing their toxic sludge from the depths. Your senses are bombarded on a constant basis with reminders of the past judgment of the flood and God’s faithfulness to Noah through it.

     This wonderful place impacted me with a truth - the Lord is always faithful no matter how it seems at the time. Sometimes it seems He is not faithful because it’s not on our timing or to our expectations. Other times there may be destructive things around us that we go through and He shows His faithfulness through all situations. Yellowstone is a place to remind us that the judgement of the past is real and His faithfulness to those that worship and honor Him is as true as it gets. Even when uncertainty looms over our heads, we are reminded that He will be faithful in the coming judgment the same as in the past. Continue to be faithful and keep LOOKING UP!