You obviously love Gods creation as much as I do. some of my favorite passages of the Bible refers to the beauty of the earth like the Psalms and Romans 1:20.
In Wisconsin and the UP I experience the same scents and sometimes I can smell the earth right here in Woodstock Il. especially in the spring when the farmers that we have left are plowing their fields and in June when the harvest their first crop of hay or alfalfa. In August you can smell the corn ripen.
I repented from my backslidden ways in Northern Wisconsin at Moose Lake. I like to go to that part of the North Woods to hear the wolves howl. Last time there I had my dog Ralph with me, a great companion for camping. He is a classic Golden Retriever. He was with me when I looked up at the stars in the sky and threw up my arms to the heavens and praised God. Amazing, what I said I later read in Psalms. It was there I recommitted my life to him I later attended a Pentecostal church and became a Ranger Leader. If a boy finds Gods awesome power and glory in His creation and the receives Christ one of my missions will be accomplished.
I do like the desert, the south, and just about anyplace that shows Gods majesty. Even pictures of Outer space show Gods endless glory. I don' think I'll make that camping trip on Mars.
Onward In Gods Service
Randall A Hermanson
Pioneer Commander
FCF 1998
OP#1, Woodstock Il
Duane Wheeler wrote:
About the great forest...We spent last week in Southern Calif. and noted the dry desert..
*I like that for the nostolgia.. and because it's simple.At NTC Nor Cal the nature Instructor from Nevada stood and recited every
plant common to the state of Nevada and it didn't take but a min or so<G>But when we crossed back into Oregon... about Cottage Grove and I-5 we
stoped and took a break. In a grove of Northwest trees, and a soft rain..
a "smell" hit my nose that touched a memory<G>There was a freshness to the air and the trees gave a "sent"...
You know the "grass is allways greener on the other side of the fence<G>"
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