“Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.” (Isaiah 64:8)

Hoodoos are the defining feature of Bryce Canyon National Park. These unique vertical columns of rock are formed by the combination of sandstone located in a climate with repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Due to its high elevation (8000 feet), Bryce Canyon’s night time temperatures fall below freezing for nearly half of the year. Water melted by the warmth of the Sun during the day, seeps into cracks in the rock’s surface, later expanding as it freezes during the night. Day-by-day these seemingly insignificant begin to carve holes in the rock. Eventually, these ‘windows’ collapse under the weight of the over-lying rock, leaving behind the hoodoo formation.

The freeze-thaw cycle sounds familiar. Good times alternating with hard times. Summer with winter. Work with play. Joy with sorrow. Living with dying.

All the while, God shaping us into the masterpiece He intends for us to become.