The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. As I sat on the lakeshore in the early morning, I saw Mt. LeConte rising above the clouds. I have only climbed halfway up the mountain to Alum Cave. I want to climb all the way to the top one day. It will take work and the help and guidance of a friend who has climbed to the top.
“Further up and further in” these are the words of C. S. Lewis from the Last Battle book of the Narnia Chronicles. They are spoken as the children follow the great lion, Aslan, as he leads them into his country. In these beautiful stories Aslan is the character who represents Jesus. As the children follow him further up and further in they find and experience beauty all along the way. I have come to love these words as they have become a description of what I want my life to be - one who follows Christ further up and further in. Unlike my desire to climb Mt. LeConte, which might not happen, I know that the LORD is faithful and he will lead me further up and further in - and along the way I will see and experience his beauty. He hears me and he will bring me near to him. In your own way will you join me as we go further up and further in? Prayer Lord of All Things Lead me further up and further into your love. Amen
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But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. This is one of my favorite pictures of our first road trip through South Dakota. It happens to be in Custer State Park in the Black Hills. I have actually printed this image and it hangs in my sunroom. I love to look at it and come back to it again and again. Each time I look at it I remember the story behind it - how I wanted to get to a certain place for a sunset but a buffalo traffic jam kept us from getting there; how we found this random wide spot in the road to turn around and give up; how I walked up this little path and saw this tree and wide open valley before we turned around; how God gave me this image instead of the one I had wanted.
We all have experiences like this, experiences we treasure in our hearts. The visit of shepherds was an experience that Mary treasured in her heart. It must have been hard to have this incredible story of being chosen to be the mother of the Messiah. It was quite a different story than most people expected. It was even hard for her to believe at first when she asked the angel, “how can this be?” Maybe it was these experiences, the things she treasured in her heart, that kept her going at times when things were not as she expected. On our recent trip to Custer State Park in South Dakota I wanted to go back and find this little spot again. However there was a road closure on that part of the loop road. I was disappointed that I wouldn’t see this view again, but God gave me new experiences, new images. I will still go back to places that I treasure but I will also pick up my camera and walk into God’s world to see new things that he has for me to treasure - new experiences with him. What are some experiences that you treasure? How can you be open to new experiences of God breaking into your life? Prayer Lord God Break into our lives and give us new treasures of your love that we can share with those we meet this day. Amen Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. I have come to truly enjoy botanical gardens. They are wonderful works of art cared for many times by volunteers as well as paid staff. The more I visit them and spend time in them the more I see the hard work it takes to plant and maintain a garden. The story of the Bible and God’s love for us begins in a garden. Garden images run throughout the rest of the Bible. When I read these words from James I thought about how amazing it is that we can be like a garden. Just think - God’s word can be planted take root and grow in us. Like any garden it will take work to keep God’s word growing - pulling weeds is hard work. But oh the beauty of the life that is well-lived and cared for in the garden of Christ’s love.
Prayer Lord Jesus, Perfect Gardner Show us where the weeds are in our lives. Help us clear them away and prepare our hearts for your word. Help that word to take root and grow so that we can be spots of beauty in an oft-barren world. Amen There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. What I have learned about finding beauty in nature is that sometimes you find it where you least expect it. On our road trip to Glacier National Park we were just going to use the Badlands and Black Hills of South Dakota as a place to rest from long days of just driving and do a little sightseeing. I pictured them as a place that was barren and desolate, lacking beauty. So there wasn’t much need in spending more than a couple of days there. While we were there, however, I found myself wishing that we could have stayed longer and given ourselves more time to search and find the beauty of the place.
Searching for God is like that; you have to be willing to stay longer and work at it. You have to be open to finding God in unexpected places. If we only seek the familiar, comfortable, and easy-to-get-to places we will miss the beauty God has for us. Before too long we just stop searching and settle for the God we want instead of the God that is. We make idols out of things that God made instead of God. Moses knew that the people he had led through the wilderness would be like that, searching for the comfortable. He had seen them make idols, things to worship rather than trust God. In his farewell address he warned them that there would come a time when seeking the comfortable and familiar would lead to exchanging the worship of God for the worship of idols of their own making. As a result they would miss the beauty and promise that God had for them. So he told them what to do when they found themselves in a place that was barren and desolate. Work at it! Seek God with everything that you are and have and the promise - there you will find him. We have this same promise, when we seek God with everything that we are and have, God promises to find us. Instead of bareness and desolation we will see beauty. We are going back to the Dakotas on our next road trip. I am sure that the beauty that God shows me there will teach me more about who he is and who I am. Prayer Lord God Give us the courage to seek you with all our hearts, to look for you in unexpected places. Show us your beauty in the places where we least expect to find it. Amen Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths. We got up in the darkness to head to Clingmans Dome for sunrise. As with all sunrises, you never know what you will see. We got there early and there was some color in the skies but not what I had hoped to see. We stayed until darkness changed to daylight and then headed down the mountain. It was just a short way down when the sun shining through the trees caught my eyes. You see, I have learned that sometimes the images we had hoped to capture are not always the ones we get. If we fixate on the disappointment of not getting what we had hoped and worked for we can miss the beauty that is there. This day that lesson paid off and this was the image that I got.
In these days of pandemic, what we wanted, what we were looking, for was certainly not what we got. So we must ask ourselves, what have we learned? This can be a time for us to ask God to show his ways and be willing to see what he wants to show us even if it is not what we expected. We have the opportunity to leave old paths behind and find in this new day new paths of God’s truth. Prayer Great Teacher We humbly ask you to take these days and teach us new ways to love and serve you. Amen At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”). Our first road trip after we retired was to Glacier National Park in Montana. It was an exciting trip with many unexpected changes in plans. I remember this one day on our way back home we had to change our plans yet again due to a predicted snow storm. As we stopped along the roadside to check our maps again on this dark and stormy day, I took this picture. I still remember feeling a tinge of fear that we were lost on this lonely two lane road in a place we had never been with only storm clouds ahead.
Have you ever felt this fear of being lost? Mary was lost when she looked at Jesus that morning. She had lost everything that she believed in, her Jesus, the man who had found her once before, had died. Lost. She was weeping now at His feet not knowing at first who He was. Then He said her name, "Mary." She saw him. She was found, again. Have you been found? This Easter season I have found these words by Michael Card in his song about Mary’s encounter with Jesus in the garden playing over and over again in my head. I leave them with you now for they tell this story in a beautiful and haunting way. I pray that you will let Jesus find you, for he will always search for you. All That Was Lost by Michael Card Why are you crying? Who are you looking for? This is a graveyard Were you expecting more? You feel abandoned Like every hope has died The death of all your dreams This is the price of life He will claim His lost possession Repossess you pay the cost He will purchase you for freedom He will find all that was lost There stands the Stranger There on the flowering slope The Servant waits for you In a garden of new hope He will claim His lost possession Repossess you pay the cost He will purchase you for freedom He will find all that was lost Do you perceive now? And have your eyes been cleared? Have they been opened? Have they been washed by tears? So run and tell all Those who have longed to hear The wait is over The Risen Savior's here Prayer Lord Jesus, Thank you for finding me, for calling my name. The wait is over. Now I must tell others Amen Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they were saying: Sometimes, when you least expect it, a vision of beauty or a song of joy comes into your heart. Today was such a day. It was just my usual walk on a cloudy day so I had brought my headphones to listen to some music. I tend to walk faster when I walk to music. As soon as this simple song, “Chorus of Faith,” by Michael Card, began the sun broke through the clouds. The cloudy day became a beautiful clear day as these words of the chorus filled my heart.
Sing it with your life, Sing it with your heart Make melody with the words of your mouth But mind that you listen, tell it to others Hear the chorus of faith Live the chorus of faith It was just so joyous that I just joined in the at the top of my lungs, thankfully no one was around to hear me. We need times of joy like that. It made me wonder what it will sound like when we hear the angels sing, thousands and thousands of angels singing praise to God. Prayer Lord God, We sing to you with our hearts and our lives. Thank you for unexpected times of joy now and in the time to come. Amen The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. If the winds are calm, the air is still, and you are by a body of water, there is a good chance that you will be able to see a reflection of the shore. The calmer the water the more exact the reflection will be. When we see Jesus we see exactly who God is. Unlike a reflection in water which will never be exact, we will always see and understand what God is like when we look at Jesus. Christ has called us to be representations of him so we too can reflect God’s love.
Prayer Lord Jesus, Son of God This day as we walk with you calm our hearts and make us more into a reflection of your love. Amen We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. I have come to understand sunrise as really more of a process than a single moment. It begins with a lightening of the darkness of night at the edge of the horizon. Each minute the light shines a little brighter until the sun finally appears on the horizon. Becoming a Christian is like this. We begin mostly in the dark with only a small light of understanding. As we grow in Christ the light becomes brighter lighting up the dark places in our hearts. We grow when we spend time in the reliable message of God’s word. Peter describe the process of growing in Christ as being like the morning star rising in our hearts. As we spend time in the light of the scriptures a light grows inside of us that we can then share.
Prayer Lord God Shine your light in the dark places of our hearts as we spend time in your word. Amen Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Recently I have been walking on the trails at the dam close to where I live every morning. Each day I walk I see the ‘regulars’; some of them I know by name and some only by seeing them everyday. We all walk different routes and at different speeds; some run; some walk slow; some walk alone; some walk with a partner; some walk in specialty running clothes; and some walk in an old T shirt and jeans. Sometimes I get discouraged when I am passed by the same person and wonder how they can walk that fast. Even in the early morning I get hot and tired and wonder if I am going to make it back to the car. There are times when I just think I am going to sleep late today; but then I get up and see the beautiful morning light and decide to make the effort to walk. There is a joy in my morning walk that I truly miss, even the 265 stairs to the top of the dam in the middle of my walk.
The writer of Hebrews wrote to encourage followers of Christ who were becoming discouraged. They were being ostracized by their community and maybe their family and some were facing persecution. To encourage them he tells them of the great cloud of witnesses that have come before. None of the heroes he described in the previous chapter were without fault. They all followed God at different speeds, some quickly, some slowly, some were important and some were unimportant, and some required signs of assurance from God. Their lives weren’t perfect like this picture I just snapped with my phone; but like my picture they saw a way marked out before them and they kept walking. They walked toward a God who loved them. Dear friends let me encourage you to keep walking when you are hot and tired and discouraged. Your walk doesn’t have to be perfect; you won’t always have get a good picture. Some will pass you and sometimes you will walk alone. Even in the hard times, the 265 steps straight up times, you will find joy when you fix your eyes on Jesus. Prayer Jesus, Who Endured All For Us, Thank you for all the strong witnesses that have surrounded me in my life. Forgive the sins I sometimes cling to and keep me walking toward the light and joy of Jesus who endured all for us. Amen By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. I didn’t label this image with the location like I usually do. Without that label can you know where this road is, where it is going? All you know for sure is that it is a paved road in the fall. I am not sure I would just follow a road without having some idea of where the road would go. I spent many hours pouring over tour books and Internet sites when I planned our last two road trips. Now think about Abraham, a man that God called to leave his home and follow where God would lead. He didn’t know the road or plan the trip. He just obeyed God. God asks us to do the same thing. This is faith - to be willing to take the road that God lays before you without knowing where it is going. Thankfully we do have a guide in God’s word. Study it and then get on the road.
Prayer Master Give us courage to take the road you lay before us. Guide us home to you through your word. Amen The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah's son. This tree has stood on the cliff at Buzzard’s Roost for as long as I have been coming to watch the sunset here, and probably many years more. It stands twisted and gnarled by the elements, but somehow it still stands. Isaiah spoke this prophecy to King Ahaz and a people in trouble. These words were meant to encourage and warn the king that he needed only to trust God to save him. Going his own way and seeking to make alliances with other nations was not going to save him. Either he was going to choose to stand firm and trust the Lord or he would be destroyed. The sad part of the story is that he chose to go his own way and Judah was overtaken. I think these words had wisdom for King Ahaz but they also have wisdom for us today. There have been times in my life when I was just about to be blown off a cliff and it was only because I held on to God that I could stand at all. So if you are having trouble standing now, take hold of the rock that can never be moved and then you will stand firm. You may come out a little twisted and gnarly like this tree, but there will be a depth and beauty to your life that wasn't there before.
Prayer Lord God When we feel we can longer stand, be our strength. Amen Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. You can find a short nature trail to Dugger’s Creek at the Linville Falls Trailhead on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Most people never even see this little trail since it is at the opposite end of the parking lot for the bigger, more impressive Linville Falls Trails. When we took this short trail we came upon this little waterfall, hidden away. I couldn’t see its source but its peacefulness and hidden-ness drew me to crawl under the bridge to get a closer look. This was as close as I could get without wading through the creek so much of it still remained hidden.
Paul tells the Colossians that they are now “hidden with Christ in God.” What an image, just like this little waterfall we are hidden with Christ, part of it seen, part of it unseen. We have a relationship with Christ now since we have accepted Christ, but we have to trust God and wait for him to be fully known. Christ is the source of our life now and God promises that we will always be hidden with him. One day all that is hidden will be revealed. What a glorious thought to be hidden with Christ, something wonderful to set our hearts on, something more wonderful than any earthly thing. Prayer Loving Father Draw us closer each day to Christ. Move us to set our hearts on Christ in whom is hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Amen The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Rainbows are rare treasures. The conditions have to be just right, sun low in the sky and the right amount of moisture in the air. So when I saw this one I got home as soon as I could, grabbed my camera and my tripod, and ran up the hill to a place where I thought I could get a good picture. I knew that I wouldn’t have long, for the light was golden and the shadows were growing. I was so thrilled when I caught the last fleeting colors before they disappeared. I want to be that thrilled about seeking the kingdom of heaven. It is hard sometimes to think about totally surrendering to God’s will. I do know that the times when I have fully surrendered and followed Jesus, even when it was difficult, I have found great joy and beauty. I also know that unlike the rainbow, the kingdom of heaven will not disappear. It is truly a treasure that is worth selling all you have to buy.
Prayer Loving Father Give us the courage to sell all and follow you; knowing that the only real treasures of beauty and joy are found in you. Amen Next to them Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, repaired. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, repaired, and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. The book of Nehemiah tells the story of how the Israelites who had been in exile rebuilt the walls and temple in Jerusalem under the leadership of Nehemiah. It has become one of my favorite books because of the lessons there are to learn in its pages. When I have read this book I will have to admit that I usually just skip chapter 3 because it is just a list of people with names I can’t pronounce who helped rebuild the wall. Until I read it again, really read it closely, and noticed something new about those people. It seems that Uzziel and Harhaiah were goldsmiths and Hananiah was a perfume maker. These artisans were known for their talent and trade, not exactly the skills needed for wall building. Still they worked on the wall and I think they probably got a lot of on-the-job training in wall building. By using these new skills they helped to restore Jerusalem so that the people once again could worship and renew their covenant with God. Rebuilding the temple was an important part of God’s plan. It took lots of people who worked outside of their talent and skill.
So why the picture of the Queen Ann’s Lace and the waterfall? Even though I have stood in front of this waterfall for many years and taken many pictures I have never noticed the flowers before. I have never gotten down and taken a picture through the rails. This day I saw the whole scene differently. My camera has taught me to see things differently, to use an artistic talent that I didn’t think I had. The images that I have taken and this new way of seeing has led me to write. I am not a trained photographer, nor ever imaged that I would ever give myself that title. I have learned on the job, so to speak, from books and YouTube videos. I also am not a writer. Sure, I had to write in my job as a teacher but not this kind of writing. I am not sure exactly why this writing and photographing came about but it is my prayer that it helps rebuild a wall for you. I don’t write to teach theology, as one can tell from my writings, but I do write to encourage and to share my journey with Jesus with you. Read this list of people in Nehemiah 3 and think about all the people it took to rebuild the wall. Be open to God's call to rebuild the people of God in ways that you never expected to be your talent (and use your talents, too). Prayer Lord God, Giver of Talents Open our hearts and eyes to see things that need to be rebuilt in the lives of people around us. Develop in us the talents we need to do the rebuilding. Amen As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elisha saw this and cried out, “My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his garment and tore it in two. Fall is a season of transition; the hot days of summer give way to the beginning days of winter. You can feel the change in the crisp air and beautiful blue skies. The leaves change their color from green to reds and golds, each tree at its own pace. Just as we feel the changing of the seasons, Elisha knew that day that change was coming for his mentor, Elijah. Somehow he knew that Elijah was leaving before the prophets of Jericho told him. He knew that it would be the last time that he would see his mentor. We know that Elisha felt deep grief because he tore his clothes in two places. And after he grieved he picked up the cloak of his master and walked into his new beginning as the prophet of God. We all have transitions in our lives; some are joyful and some are sorrowful. Like Elisha sometimes we will grieve. It isn’t easy to trust God when big changes come in our lives just like it wasn’t easy for Elisha. Still he walked forward. He knew that God had been faithful to Elijah and that God had promised to walk with him. We may not have the stunning experience of a cloak falling from a fiery chariot, but still God speaks to us through his word and through the encouragement of others.
Prayer Lord of Transitions Thank you for mentors and friends who have modeled for us what it is like to walk with you. Guide us through times of transition when we grieve over the ending of something we have loved and give us courage to walk forward to a new beginning. Amen When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torture me!” For Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places. When I started taking pictures I asked many technical questions, e.g. what is an aperture, what is an f-stop, what is ISO? After learning these basics then the questions became a little more advanced, e.g. how can I use aperture to keep the most of the image in focus, what shutter speed do I need to use to make the water appear silky smooth. Now I ask much harder questions, e.g. why am I taking this picture, what about the flower do I find beautiful, what about the flower amazes me, what do I want my viewers to feel when they see this image of the flower. It is the questions that help me make a good image.
Jesus began his conversation with the man he had just healed with a simple but important question, What is your name? In that question he led the man from his pain and fear to a place where he could find his identity. In many stories of Jesus encounters with people he began with a question: “what are you seeking?” (John 1:38), “Do you want to be healed?” (John 5: 6), “What do you think, Simon?”(Matthew 17:25), “What do you want me to do for you?” (Matthew 10:36). When we take time to listen to Jesus’s questions, even thought they are hard, we begin the journey of finding our identity in him. It is the questions that lead us to Christ. And it is in him that we find the answers. Prayer Jesus Christ Open our hearts to hear your questions and give us the courage to speak the answers that lead us to you and then to ourselves. Amen He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Even though I have traveled this nature trail many times I had never seen this waterfall. We have had so much rain this spring that some waterfalls that are usually only a trickle are now full of water. It is like that in these mountains - times when the streams almost disappear and times when they run full force.
We have times like that in our lives. Times when we are so thirsty but there is no water to be found and times when water overflows. But unlike the unpredictable water flow in the mountains, Jesus promises us that we will never thirst. We only need to seek him when we are thirsty. The water he gives flows from his life. He is our everything, beginning and end. Prayer Lord Jesus Give us a thirst that only you can quench. Show us the spring of living water that comes from you. Amen Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” I had no idea that the passion flower is the state wildflower of Tennessee. Actually I had never even seen or heard of a passion flower until I saw one for the first time a couple of years ago at a state park near me. I think it is the oddest flower I have ever seen. I only knew it was a passion flower when I came back again to take its picture and I happened upon a fellow hiker who knew what it was. “Oh, that is a passion flower,” she said as she continued on down the path. When I put the image on my computer and enlarged it is when I became so truly amazed at its beauty, its intricate parts, its colors. It is truly an amazing flower, so different from so many others.
Being amazed at the passion flower’s intricate beauty made the joy of finding the flower even more intense. Being amazed at something I think is the beginning of the search for understanding of the object of your amazement. The resurrection was an amazing thing for the disciples, so amazing that they had trouble believing it. Each searching for understanding and acceptance of a love so great that it would die for them. After amazement then comes true worship. It was Thomas who put his amazement into words, “My Lord and My God.” Take time to look again at the love of Jesus. “Stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene,” who will come to you in the way you need to understand and believe. Seek others along the way who know Jesus and can tell you his name. Do not disbelieve but believe. Then, like Thomas, in amazement, in worship, in gratitude speak those words with him, “My Lord and My God.” Prayer Lord Jesus We stand amazed in the presence of your love for us. Deepen our understanding of your love as we follow you and make you the Lord of our lives. Amen For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Last fall we got to take a road trip to the Great Lakes. One of the places we wanted to find was Lake Itasca State Park in Minnesota. It is here where the Mississippi River begins, yes this mighty river begins as a creek flowing out of Lake Itasca so small you can rock hop across it.
Our road trip was a journey to find new places of God’s world, like Lake Itasca. Today I found a wonderful book by the Australian photographer, Ken Duncan, “Where Jesus Walked.” He took pictures of the Holy Land and wrote about them. These are words from this book about Jesus’s journeys: “People often take journeys to find themselves. Jesus journeyed to find us.” So as the mighty Mississippi begins as a small creek so our journey begins with a rock hop across a small stream all the while knowing that Jesus is seeking us and he will find us. Be amazed at such love. Prayer Jesus, Seeker of the Lost Thank you for finding me. Open our eyes to see you and journey forward knowing that when we walk with you we will never be lost. Amen. |
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