Paddling Through Knee-Deep Waters

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.  Isaiah 43:2 We discovered the Elk River in southern Missouri on our last adventure. Beautiful, clear, and lazy, it is a popular place to take a float trip. How could we resist?…

A Change in the Landscape

“For I know the plans I have for you. . .”  Jeremiah 29:11 Huge earth movers circled around and around re-positioning the soil and rocks on the hillside. Water trucks followed wetting the earth for another pass by the big tractors. A surveyor placed stakes to show exactly what the designer had in mind when he…