Scripture Word Challenge: ABIDE

Abide... amazingly enough, this word is NOT in the NIV version of the Bible that I normally use ~ so I used http://www.biblegateway.com/ to find other versions, where "Abide" IS used!  I find the definition of the words from Merriam-Webster dictionary online, and this word had about 6 variations... I went with "to continue in a place"... although, "to remain stable or fixed in a state" was working for me, too! 

Anyways, when I was searching out verses, the first one I read was Psalm 91:1, and I couldn't stop thinking about our summer vacation, and our trip to Mount Rainier National Park... I stood in the shadow of that mountain and had a moment where I was just overwhelmed by God.  It was really impressed on me when we were surrounded by all those mountains on vacation (we're from FLORIDA - flat) that this is the "picture" of God that I have in my head.  Unmovable... Majestic... BIG... awe-inspiring.  In the NIV, this verse goes like this:

HE who dwells in the shelter

of the Most High

will REST in the shadow

of the Almighty.

And I'm really liking that word for "abide", too.  This is what I NEED to do... rest in Him, continue in a place with Him... in the shadow of Him. 

So, the picture is (obviously!) from our trek up Mount Rainier...  it's in the SHADOW of Mt. Rainier... it is actually La Grande Dam, just outside the National Park.  We pulled over to take pictures because the view was so amazing.  This could be why it took us so long to go through that park... we kept stopping to take pictures.  And be amazed.  And AMAZED we were...