{"id":6871,"date":"2014-04-21T10:07:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T15:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/?p=6871"},"modified":"2014-04-21T10:12:47","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T15:12:47","slug":"further-up-and-further-in-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/further-up-and-further-in-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Further Up and Further In!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/red-buds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6872\" alt=\"red buds\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/red-buds.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/red-buds.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/red-buds-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/red-buds-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Today&#8217;s post was supposed to be a mystery novel update. But we returned from a weekend in Wisconsin with family later than expected yesterday afternoon. Then the weather was so nice, Hiram and I decided to take a walk on our gravel road. As we passed the neighbor&#8217;s ravine, Hiram mentioned that their red buds will soon be blooming. Before they do, you&#8217;re invited to enjoy and anticipate the beauty yet to come, as described in a post that first appeared on this website in May of 2009.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The red buds in our neighbor\u2019s ravine are blooming. Few things compare to the sight of the small trees. Some are barely visible above the underbrush. The still bare branches of the hardwoods &#8211; black walnuts, elms, maple and locust &#8211; hover over the little trees like anxious parents waiting for their children to perform their spring recital pieces.<\/p>\n<p>The red buds performing beautifully every spring. When I descend the hill into the ravine, they catch my eye and draw it north across the bridge, into the greening woods. The vivid pink-purple of the near trees take my breath away, and I stand transfixed. But beyond them, ten or twenty feet another cluster of trees blooms. A short way beyond that cluster is another, and beyond it, another. On and on they go until the colors blur and meld in the far end of the ravine.<\/p>\n<p>While I look beyond the bridge, a quote from C.S. Lewis\u2019s Narnia series comes to mind. In the last book, when the children get to heaven (oops &#8211; I gave away the ending), they rushing up a mountain with their Narnian friends, shouting, \u201cFurther up and further in!\u201d They reach the top of the mountain and look out over a great valley. At the end of their vision is another mountain range. \u201cFurther up and further in!\u201d they shout, and run to explore the new vista. And when they have scaled that taller, grander mountain, a more beautiful valley awaits, and in the distance, a more spectacular mountain range.<\/p>\n<p>For eternity, they explore the unending wonders of heaven and the eternal God who created it. For one week, I relish the redbuds. Then the blossoms fade and the new leaves of the shade trees overshadow them. But while they last, my heart shouts, \u201cFurther up and further in!\u201d when the haze of pink and purple catches my eye. Heaven, I think, will look a lot like my neighbor\u2019s ravine during redbud week.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t wait to get there and go&#8230;<br \/>\nFurther up and further in,<br \/>\nFurther up and further in,<br \/>\nFurther up and further in,<br \/>\nFor all eternity!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s post was supposed to be a mystery novel update. But we returned from a weekend in Wisconsin with family later than expected yesterday afternoon. 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