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Who
First Walked Here?
The Sacred Heart Trails
by MaryAnn Gardner |
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Tread softly, for this is
holy ground.
It may be, if we could but look with knowing eyes,
this spot we stand on, is Paradise.
--author unknown-- |
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Sacred Heart Trailways Data |
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When website committee chairman, Jim Randall, set out early one
morning to walk and map the trails around Sanctuary of Hope he didn't
realize in whose footsteps he might be walking. Using his Global
Positioning System (GPS) device, Jim carefully walked the paths and gathered the data.
(GPS technology is widely recognized for its precise time and
position information.)
Forty two minutes later, with his data
collected, he headed for his office. There, he proceeded to print
out a map of the trails.
To his surprise, the resulting diagram
resembled a drawing of a heart - not a valentine heart
that one would cover with lace and flowers, but a human heart complete
with the left ventricle defined.
This was quite a discovery. As Jim
pondered whether or not this was a chance happening, he noticed something even more startling.
At its very tip, at the
point of the heart, stands the statue of Jesus that overlooks the
highway and the city from high atop Asher Mountain. Without
hesitation, Jim quickly dubbed the trail system "The Sacred
Heart Trails."
Dare one suggest that those who hike these
trails today, might walk where the footsteps of the Holy
Mighty One may have once blazed a trail of Mercy surrounding these
grounds that have such a long history of a place for healing?
How
does that song go?
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"How lovely on the mountains are the
feet of Him,
who brings good news.
Announcing Peace.
Proclaiming news of happiness.
Our God Reigns. Our God
Reigns."
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