Beyond the black hills were the mountains, not far off, waiting for him.  He had always loved the mountains…  There was always the vast distance with the grass bending in the wind, the whispering leaves of the aspens, the gold of them when autumn came.  How could a man who had known such vast distance confine himself to a desk?  To the crowded streets of an eastern town?”
–Louis L’Amour  (Under the Sweetwater Rim)

“I am the LORD, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry [trail] through the sea.”
–Isaiah 43:16 (NLT)

So don’t worry ’bout presents for Christmas
And listen up, he-buckaroo
There’s nothin’ like nothin’ for Christmas
When I know it’s comin’ from you.”
–Waddie Mitchell (“There’s Nothing Like Nothing”)

“And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.”
–Matthew 2:11 (NKJV)

All worryin’ can do is eat at yer brain.”
–David R. Lewis (Deer Run Trail)

“The poor are pushed off the [trail]; the needy must hide together for safety.”
 –Job 24:4 (NLT)