About 6 houses down from mine, I spied this buck getting ready to walk down the hillside. I told him 'don't move' and ran back to get my camera. He obliged, and graciously posed for this picture!
I am a big fan of the poetry of the late Ruth Bell Graham (the wife of Billy Graham). I would like to share one of my favorites with you...but first I need to set the scene. Many of you are familiar with the John Chapter 11 account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. If not, please read John 11:1-45 before you read this poem. It deals with a possible reason of why, in verse 35, 'Jesus wept'...
Jesus wept.
But why?
Knowing what lay ahead
moments away...
Was it because
He had not come
when He heard
Lazarus might die?
Lazarus was dead!
Was it in sympathy
with their raw grief,
faith's impotent lack?
Or could it be
because He
had to bring him
back?
(Poem by Ruth Bell Graham, taken from the book "Footprints of a Pilgrim")
If you are interested in reading Ruth's poetry, or prose, I found a lot of her work available at the online bookstore of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, at billygraham.org DLB
