Mountain laurel is blooming! It is blooming all around the edges of the swamp. The water level seems quite low. I did catch a glimpse of a beaver, preening among clumps of cattails. (click to enlarge photo below)
The Beaver picture is a definite "Where's Waldo" kind of picture or "Can You See It?"
It's been a while since I've ventured through the poison ivy and bugs to check on life in the swamp. There are now four active Great Blue Heron nests; three down the far end of the swamp and the newest one in the middle. My binoculars and my shaky arms don't provide an extremely clear view but they are definitely active nests. I numbered the nests, you just have to click to enlarge the photo.
Standing on a log over the water at the edge of the swamp is just a very therapeutic thing to do. Road noises are far, far away. The swamp gets quite quiet until I have stood still for about 45 minutes, then some noise and activity resume. Just to stand and watch and listen and be so
still.
The message tonight at church was just what the "doctor" ordered. After a long day at Children's Hospital on Friday regarding my grandbaby, my daughter and I just felt like our brains had been liquified. Too much information to try and process. Through the rest of the weekend, I have just been unsettled and overwhelmed and absolutely jittery and exhausted. And then tonight's sermon....delivered from an old, frail retired minister.....John 6 - feeding the five thousand with 5 fish and 2 loaves......Jesus knew what He was going to do but asked two of the disciples how they would feed the crowd? One said not possible, the need was too big. The other looked at what they had available for resources, and said not possible, inadequate resources. What was the solution? The Lord........
A simple message...
one I've heard before....
the answer I most certainly know in my head....
but just what the doctor ordered for my
heart to be reminded of.....
He knows exactly what He is doing with Amber and with us....
I am to trust and to rest and to watch Him work.
It was a very good message! That beaver is so funny looking! Did you change things around again? It looks nice!
ReplyDeleteSo neat - how God chose to use an old/frail minister to encourage you regarding what He is capable of. Seems so fitting given what we know of God from II Corinthians 2:9a
ReplyDelete9But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." ...