Pine River 2007

The Pine River
Team Prickly Pear... AKA...Black and Blue! No we did not tip. Our team song is, "In Everything Give Thanks". Normally we don't wear our life jackets and if we feel like it, we will go down the river backwards. We had a blast!
The campers of 2007! Where's RV?
Dune climbing.
Our Sabbath hike. I have to say that being out in the woods is one of my favorite things. There is just a special sense of God's presence there, a peace that helps me to know He is with me.
Jennifer and I by the Pine River.
Rough and tough women of the woods;)
I spy an apple!!!
How many campers does it take to set up a tent?
Our beautiful campsite by the river!

God has provided so many evidences of His love. Nature is one of my favorites, thus my love for camping. While we were on our Sabbath hike we passed a tiny log cabin, my dream house. It was high on this bluff above the river with trees surrounding it. I'm sure it's warmed by a wood stove and there is no need for electricity there. Sometimes I wish that my life was more simple and plain. I actually didn't mind wearing smoky clothes all weekend and not doing my hair in the morning. We all enjoyed a dip in the 60 degree water and what's better than reading God's word in nature. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."

This week I have been thinking a lot about God's creative power that made me and everything in nature. WOW! Who else could ever hope to accomplish that? This gives me so much hope. GOD CAN DO ANYTHING! "Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee". Jere. 32:17 This text has been a major part of my prayer life lately. Whatever the trials I am facing, I know that with God all things are possible. It is up to Him....I need a willing heart. Since I have gotten back from the GC Tour I have been learning many new songs. Most of them are scripture songs. This has really grown my faith and my thoughts are more focused. I want so much to grow and grow and grow.

" The trials of life are God's workmen, to remove the impurities and roughness from our characters. Their hewing, squaring, and chiseling, their burnishing and polishing, is a painful process, it is hard to be pressed down to the grinding wheel. But the stone is brought forth prepared to fill its place in the heavenly temple. Upon no useless material does the Master bestow such careful, thorough work. Only His precious stones are polished after the simlitude of a palace." TMB 23,24

Praise God that I am not useless material, and neither are you. We are being polished to look just like a beautiful palace, His palace!