Twenty-year-old
Lygon Stevens, an experienced mountaineer, had reached the summits of Mt.
McKinley, Mt. Rainier, four Andean peaks in Ecuador, and 39 of Colorado’s
highest mountains. “I climb because I love the mountains,” she said, “and I
meet God there.” In January 2008, Lygon died in an avalanche while climbing
Little Bear Peak in southern Colorado with her brother Nicklis, who survived.
When her
parents discovered her journals, they were deeply moved by the intimacy of her
walk with Christ. “Always a shining light for Him,” her mother said, “Lygon
experienced a depth and honesty in her relationship with the Lord, which even
seasoned veterans of faith long to have.”
In Lygon’s
final journal entry, written from her tent 3 days before the avalanche, she
said: “God is good, and He has a plan for our lives that is greater and more
blessed than the lives we pick out for ourselves, and I am so thankful about
that. Thank You, Lord, for bringing me this far and to this place. I leave the
rest—my future—in those same hands and say thank You.”
Lygon echoed
these words from the psalmist: “My help comes from the Lord, who made
heaven and earth” (Ps. 121:2).
We can trust our all-knowing God for the unknown future. (RBC)
