" I lift up my eyes"

There is something wonderful that one feels after one has successfully completed a goal. The picture in this post is one which was taken immediately after I walked the half marathon in Phoenix last January (and after Sue Ann successfully ran the half marathon). As you can see we look happy and joyful. My walk and Sue Ann's run were not without struggles or issues, but we were participating with friends who gave us encouragement and positive reinforcement. We had also trained for the event.
The words of Psalm 121 are great words keep keep on the hard drive of one's soul:

I lift up my eyes to the hills —
from where will my help come?
2My help comes from the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.
3He will not let your foot be moved;
he who keeps you will not slumber.
4He who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
5The LORD is your keeper;
the LORD is your shade at your right hand.
6The sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.
7The LORD will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
8The LORD will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time on and forevermore.