Road Trip!

Mondays tend to be a relaxed day for us.  With everything that goes on during our weekends, we look forward to taking some time just to kick back and enjoy life.  Yesterday after writing the post, doing some laundry, and washing the floor in the kitchen and eating areas, I told my wife that we were going to go for a drive.  First of all though, we needed to take the dog for a walk so that she would be content when we left.  After that task was enjoyably completed we grab the camera and headed for the garage!

Recently we have been taking some day trips around the western part of the county that we live in, and this day was to have the same venue!  I decided to drive south and then west along a road that we hadn’t traveled for many years.  The view in this part of the county is filled with scenes of gentle rolling hills that are dotted with dairy farms, cattle, flocks of sheep and various horse ranches.  It is one of the few areas that does not abound with vineyards.  From there we drove out to the small fishing hamlet of Bodega Bay.  On the return trip we stayed on the coastal highway and proceeded through the tiny unincorporated town of Valley Ford (population of about 160!).

The clear blue skies and crisp autumn air gave way to the gorgeous expanse of grassy meadows that seemed to traverse up to the hills as far as our eyes could see.  This part of the highway runs through a little valley that hid our observations of the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean.  The tranquil beauty of the scenery was almost overwhelming.  It got me to thinking about a young David as he sat in similar surroundings tending to his sheep. His thoughts must have been similar to mine as he wrote in Psalm 65:12, “The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain, they shout for joy and sing.” (NIV)

Sometimes the works of our Creator take away one’s breath, and at other times they make you want to join them as they seem to sing out for joy.  That’s exactly what my wife and I experienced yesterday as we traveled through the wonder of what He made for us to enjoy.  Is there something that He has done for you that makes you want to sit in quiet awe or rejoice with bold song today?

Go ahead!  Let the praises flow and see how much better you feel when your done!  Have a GREAT day, and stay tuned while you keep asking yourself… “What GREAT THINGS am I expecting today?”