Perception

Over this past weekend, my son and I joined a group of nearly 30 men and their sons at Shenandoah River State Park for our bible study class' annual three-day river float and camping trip. A really great time was had by all each day on the river, the meals were phenomenal as always, and it was a new record high in number of attendees. We were very fortunate that the trip actually happened, though, due to heavy rains that fell during the middle of last week. According to several of the river gauges for this stretch of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River, water levels rose five to six feet in a matter of hours. Although the water did recede fairly rapidly over the next couple of days, enough that we decided it was safe to carry on with the trip, the water remained stained throughout our time there and this served to negatively affect the fishing conditions.

Matthew 16:15-16 (NASB)
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Was Blind, But Now I See

One of the current projects that the Cool Spring sportsmen have undertaken is the development and construction of an archery range. This range is being designed for archers and bow hunters from our community to use as a convenient and adequate facility to tune their shooting skills, and also be easily adapted to host archery camps and ASA qualifier shoots if and when the opportunities present themselves. Our hope is that during the course of their regular visits to the range, that we can build relationships with them, and in the process be able to share the life changing message of Jesus Christ with them. Well, in the process of clearing shooting lanes on the range last Saturday, a tree limb came across my face, got up underneath my sunglasses, and scratched the cornea on my left eye. Six doctor's visits later, my sight is just about back to normal, and I have an all new appreciation for the gift of sight!

Matthew 6:22-23 (NASB)
"The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!"