New Garments
Journal 2006 09 24
New Garments
“I sleped but little last night however we rose early and Commencd wrighting our letters Capt. Lewis wrote one to the presidend and I wrote Govr. Harrison & my friends in Kentucky and Sent of George Drewyer with those letters to Kahoka & delivered them to Mr. Hays” William Clark.
These guys get right after things, don’t they? Arriving in St. Louis yesterday at noon they are up most of the night. Can you imagine the stories? How and where would you start? Having spent the past two years swimming in the history of this epic I contend most of the story is still untold! The human drama is highlighted as the historical events are chronicled. The historical record is so large and so significant that it overshadows the entirely human drama of this military and scientific expedition. The classic mountain man movie “Jeremiah Johnson” post dates this expedition and contains only a fraction of the events contained in this record. I can see a movie epic in the making. Ken Burns made his always extraordinary chronicle of the Corps of Discovery. National Geographic produced a short IMAX film that is inspiring in its presentation. The raw human effort poured out by sheer will under the sovereign grace of Providence has yet to be captured. The story has inspired American hearts for two centuries and I believe it brings to light the underlying stream of freedom and expansion that is the United States of America and has made America the light of the world.
Would you imagine with me for a minute that you are Meriwether Lewis, William Clark or any one of the men of the Corps of Discovery? Who would you contact first? Duty calls Lewis to send a brief report to President Jefferson as his first post mission act. He stops the mail and delivers the letter. Clark wrote his old Army friend who is now the Governor of Indiana and then sends letters to his friends and family in Kentucky. If they, like us, had cell phones I bet their next calls would have been to their parents. Neither was married. And I wager we would all do the same. Helps identify who and what is really important in life, doesn’t it?
“…we dined with Mr. Chotoux to day, and after dinner went to a Store and purchased Some Clothes, which we gave to a Tayler and derected to be made.” William Clark. The men had been trading their buckskins for linen shirts as they met traders headed up the Missouri. Now the Captains get properly robed for the duties that lie ahead. That meant trading the utility of their clothes made of deer and elk hides for the refinement only possible with wool, linen, silk and cotton.
“…to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.” Isaiah (Isaiah 61:3 ASV) Jesus quotes Isaiah as He announces the beginning of the work of His mission to the world two millenniums ago. In the declaration He brings a series of exchanges. One of them is exchanging a spirit of heaviness for a garment of praise. This seems the fitting tribute to today’s remembrance.
Lewis and Clark were fitted with the finest garments tailored perfectly for them and no one else. They were exchanging the heaviness of hard work for the great joy that resides in praise. The purpose of the series of exchanges is that Jehovah God may be glorified.
As the men of the Corps of Discovery celebrated all night they were entering into a period of praise. Are you mourning? Is your heart heavy? I pray that this parallel journey has shown you that we have a Divine, Providential Traveler along on every journey we take. He is the Son of God given for the Father’s Glory and our benefit. He holds a garment of praise fitted perfectly for you. Will you let Him have your heaviness and trouble and wear the robe of praise He has provided? I hope so. That was the purpose of His epic journey from Heaven to earth and becomes ours once we allow Him to adorn us according to His specifications.
As the mission of the Corps of Discovery comes to a close ours, yours, can just be beginning. Let’s put on praise so it is like a robe for all to see and celebrate the great work of conquering the difficult unknown for the Glory of God.
Proceed on.
New Garments
“I sleped but little last night however we rose early and Commencd wrighting our letters Capt. Lewis wrote one to the presidend and I wrote Govr. Harrison & my friends in Kentucky and Sent of George Drewyer with those letters to Kahoka & delivered them to Mr. Hays” William Clark.
These guys get right after things, don’t they? Arriving in St. Louis yesterday at noon they are up most of the night. Can you imagine the stories? How and where would you start? Having spent the past two years swimming in the history of this epic I contend most of the story is still untold! The human drama is highlighted as the historical events are chronicled. The historical record is so large and so significant that it overshadows the entirely human drama of this military and scientific expedition. The classic mountain man movie “Jeremiah Johnson” post dates this expedition and contains only a fraction of the events contained in this record. I can see a movie epic in the making. Ken Burns made his always extraordinary chronicle of the Corps of Discovery. National Geographic produced a short IMAX film that is inspiring in its presentation. The raw human effort poured out by sheer will under the sovereign grace of Providence has yet to be captured. The story has inspired American hearts for two centuries and I believe it brings to light the underlying stream of freedom and expansion that is the United States of America and has made America the light of the world.
Would you imagine with me for a minute that you are Meriwether Lewis, William Clark or any one of the men of the Corps of Discovery? Who would you contact first? Duty calls Lewis to send a brief report to President Jefferson as his first post mission act. He stops the mail and delivers the letter. Clark wrote his old Army friend who is now the Governor of Indiana and then sends letters to his friends and family in Kentucky. If they, like us, had cell phones I bet their next calls would have been to their parents. Neither was married. And I wager we would all do the same. Helps identify who and what is really important in life, doesn’t it?
“…we dined with Mr. Chotoux to day, and after dinner went to a Store and purchased Some Clothes, which we gave to a Tayler and derected to be made.” William Clark. The men had been trading their buckskins for linen shirts as they met traders headed up the Missouri. Now the Captains get properly robed for the duties that lie ahead. That meant trading the utility of their clothes made of deer and elk hides for the refinement only possible with wool, linen, silk and cotton.
“…to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.” Isaiah (Isaiah 61:3 ASV) Jesus quotes Isaiah as He announces the beginning of the work of His mission to the world two millenniums ago. In the declaration He brings a series of exchanges. One of them is exchanging a spirit of heaviness for a garment of praise. This seems the fitting tribute to today’s remembrance.
Lewis and Clark were fitted with the finest garments tailored perfectly for them and no one else. They were exchanging the heaviness of hard work for the great joy that resides in praise. The purpose of the series of exchanges is that Jehovah God may be glorified.
As the men of the Corps of Discovery celebrated all night they were entering into a period of praise. Are you mourning? Is your heart heavy? I pray that this parallel journey has shown you that we have a Divine, Providential Traveler along on every journey we take. He is the Son of God given for the Father’s Glory and our benefit. He holds a garment of praise fitted perfectly for you. Will you let Him have your heaviness and trouble and wear the robe of praise He has provided? I hope so. That was the purpose of His epic journey from Heaven to earth and becomes ours once we allow Him to adorn us according to His specifications.
As the mission of the Corps of Discovery comes to a close ours, yours, can just be beginning. Let’s put on praise so it is like a robe for all to see and celebrate the great work of conquering the difficult unknown for the Glory of God.
Proceed on.
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