I havenât done much hiking this last while since the demise of my hiking companion. And I stopped rambling the trails over across the highway even before that. They seemed to be overrun with bears and I decided to leave them to it. But now that winterâs coming, the bears are slowing down and disappearing and I decided to take the risk. You can be the judge of whether it was worth itâŚ
This area was clear-cut a few years back and has become host to Trailing Blackberryâa cousin to the great thorny variety I suppose, but smaller and more fragrant and more exquisite in essence. I didnât realize how richly colored their leaves could turn.
But here we are at the long-missed destinationââThe Benchâ
And all I could think besides Thank-you God; itâs BEAUTIFUL! âŚ
was, âItâs been too long!â Sooo good to get back here and sit a bit and gazeâŚ
It wasnât as dark as my camera portrays. It was as though there was a stage and the stage light was shining down through the curtain of cloudâŚ
The shimmer of light on water was glorious. And I thought, how fitting that both light and water are symbolic of the Lordâthe light of the world by His Spirit flowing from us in streams of living water waterâŚ
Now for a look around to see the little gloriesâŚ
        
Refreshed, I headed home pausing along the path as colors caught my eye.
Weâve had a particularly colorful and extended Fall season this year. A delight to the eye. And somehow food for the soulâŚ
This was the most peculiar little wonder of all, a sort of Huckleberry Hoodie. Have never seen anything like it, donât quite know what âhappenedâ but here these berries are way beyond their season, all huddled together under a vagrant leafâŚcurious.
One never knows what one will find when traipsing about in Godâs creationâŚ.No sign of bears, only Godâs fingerprints were everywhere!
–LS
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. Habakkuk 2:14
