Almighty God: The Mountain Is Calling

Perhaps you've heard or seen this John Muir quote on a t-shirt or mug, "The mountains are calling and I must go."

Born in Scotland, Muir moved to Wisconsin and became an inventor and quality control guy by trade. But his love for wild landscapes and rugged crags and cliffs continued as he “botanized” at every opportunity.  

When an industrial accident left him temporarily blind, the result was a new seeing: “I made haste with all my heart, bade adieu to all thoughts of inventing machinery, and determined to devote the rest of my life to studying the inventions of God.” 

The Almighty called. 

Muir felt His breath stirring through the Sequoias, and heard His voice in the "sound of many waters" roaring over the 2,500-foot Yosemite Falls. As he dangled precariously over the top in order to observe the motion of the water, it is said that he exclaimed, “Where could a mountaineer find a more glorious death!” 

Calling the wild dangers of wilderness "sanctum sanctorum," or "holy of holies," he preached, "Try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action.” 
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