I woke up in the middle of the night, overcame by a surge of sorrow because of the lost of life of the 3 missing Mt. Hood climbers -- one of them was the brother of my thesis advisor Dr. Frank James.
A body was found dead yesterday, near a snow cave next to another snow cave where sleeping bags and mountain climbing gears were left behind. The image struck me that the man was striving to live, hoping to move towards safety -- but in the process of doing so, he lost his gears and could not succeed. The summit that the climbers attempted to conquer turned out to be not the 11,000 ft mountain, but the summit of death and life. At the peak of the mountain, they encountered the unplanned fierce enemy of death.
Jesus said, "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me." (John 14:1)Death has been swallowed up in victory... Thanks be to God! He gives us the victor through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1Corinthians 15:54, 57)
While the 3 climbers failed their attempt to conquer Mt. Hood, they triumphed their battle with death through their faith in Lord Jesus Christ. As I know my heart will continue to ponder deeper of my sorrows, I am comforted at the break of morning by the Holy Spirit that we will overcome, even death, because of Jesus.
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