Camino Photo of the Day: Triumph
Each day of our pilgrimage, it has pleased God to send us a new trial. If it is not hills, then it is rain. If it is not rain, then mud. If not mud, then driving wind. Today, it pleased God to send us all of these in succession. To these must be added the moment by moment reminders of our fragile mortality: the pains in our backs, our hips, our legs, and our feet – oh, the pains in our feet!
But today we have also been given the wonder of climbing up into a cloud, the exuberant joy of goldfinches dancing in the wind, the shared laughter in adversity, the cheer and comfort of good friends and good wine, and the love of a husband and a wife.
Even the consolation of achievement pales before these, and we come out of our trials strengthened.
With fire and His gentle hammer blows, God forges a new alloy of two base metals.
(from my journal)
Date: 15 April 2016
Place: Between Boadilla del Camino and Frómista (Castilla y León, Spain)
Today’s Map:
