Today I have a few words about . . . well, about the things you don't see. Or don't take the time to see them. All kinds of God given wonders are all around you. Some so small as to not be noticed and some so big your eyes can't focus on it.One day I decided to do the dishes. Yes, I get my hands wet in dishwater. Besides, the wife was out of town and I hadn't got the cat trained to do them for me, so there. As in most physical labors I get into a routine and then zone out. Except this time the setting sun revealed a very interesting scene just outside my window. A very small, and I mean small, like a pinhead small, red spider was weaving his evening web to catch his meal. The sunlight lit up the spider to a firey red and made his web glow to a bright sheen. Absolutely beautiful. A little pleasure that I will carry with me forever.
Out on the road, and especially in the great expanses of the West, there are just acres of sights to behold and to get awed by. The two river scenes you see now are of the Missouri River in Montana and of the Columbia River bordering both Oregon and Washington states. It's a shame that these small depictions can't convey the vastness of the scenes. This great country of ours is so magnificent that it is a wonder that most folks aren't inclined to see it! I've talked to folks in Queens that never venture beyond a 5 block radius of home. They say they have everything they need or want right where they are. Look at what God has provided them that they will never see except in a picture. How sad.
I was in a truck stop in South Dakota, just browsing the aisles to see what goodies I could eat, then remembering that sugar is not allowed on my diet, when I spotted something I ain't seen in a hundred years! Man, it brought back memories. A dadgum rubber band gun! Yessiree, built lots of 'em when a kid. You take a piece of board see, then you cut it out in the shape of a pistol, get a clothes pin off the line, make sure mom don't catch ya, break it in two, tack one piece onto the pistol's grip, cut a notch in the barrel end, then go get a used bicycle inner tube and cut it into rubber bands, and viola!, a rubber band gun. Back in the day we kids sure knew how to have a good time. We had big imaginations. Kids today however can't seem to think past their gameboys. Sad I tell ya.
The last two pictures are of the Atchafalaya Swamp in Louisiana. Beauty beyond compare. Gators, fish, birds, swampers, Cajuns, oil, snakes, girls in bikinis, French talk, the most fantastic food in all the world, skeeters, other bugs, it's all here. And then some. I hope you are the type person that sees the good in all things, looks past the problems, keeps the glory of God in perspective. I do. I see America as that bright shiny gleam in all good people's eyes. The way to a bright future, not just the hope for a bright future.
