Sunday Drive Home...blessings from the Lord!

For the past two and a half years, as we have traveled up north to church (the first year to Imlay City area, and then the switch to Lapeer) the majority of our Sunday morning and evening drives have consisted of traveling on major or semi busy roads. However, as the Lord has continued to bless and protect us on our long journey, He has also blessed our time together as a family by allowing us to see and enjoy some of the many different attributes of His beautiful creation!
A few weeks ago while heading home, Dad heeded the implorment of several young voices and turned faithful old Dina down an inviting dirt road called Wilder. That first exploratory drive was not forgotten and almost every Sunday since we have found ourselves traversing that same path over again! For all the country folks out there who live on such roads, you have no idea how heart warming and welcoming the scenery can be to us concrete tired-eyed city folk and the simple down to earth, God given beauty you can enjoy every day. Now thats not to say that we are jealous (at least we pray not to be) of your blessings, but only wait in anticipation and joy that perhaps some day soon God will bless us also with a place up there(maybe on a dirt road?!) and we will be able to even more fully enjoy the glory of our God in His glorious nature!

O God, You are more awesome than Your holy places. The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God! Psalm 68:35

Blessed be the Lord,
Who daily loads us with benefits,
The God of our salvation!
Psalm 68:19

“ For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with peace; The mountains and the hills Shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands."
Isaiah 55:12

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.
They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,
And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.
For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light.
Psalm 36:7-9