The Grand Finale

Not the clearest of pictures but it was a thrill to see six buck with large antlers! 

The season has ended. My early morning fawn spotting drives are now over. When the sun doesn't rise until 6:30 and school busses hit the road, that's when I stop my early morning drives.

Last week as I drove around for the last time, God decided to give me a grand finale and I saw many buck, doe and fawn. There was always something for me to take a picture of. It was a dream ride.

Fawn are a good size now. Doe and fawn aren't running as quickly now when I stop to take a picture.

I hate to see it end. Hopefully, when next year's fawn spotting begins, I'll be ready and able to do it.

This doe was hardly 8 feet away and let me talk to her a few minutes.

The other week I found a small book that fits right in with the extensive work I've done recently with my hymn studies. Hymn Lines is written by R.G. Huff, a relatively unknown man who has been active in church ministry for 40 years. On his blog site: hymnlines.blogspot.com he posted 75 thoughts and musings from one line in verses of hymns.

I thought this was right up my liking and ordered the book. There are 75 devotions from lines in hymn verses. I read from a hymnal every morning and have highlighted many lines in hymns that speak to me. I'm enjoying reading through this book. 

Of course, I looked through the blog's archives to see if he'd chosen one of my favorite lines from Be Thou My Vision: "Thou my best thought by day and by night." He did! I enjoyed reading his devotion on it.

I like the last line of his devotion: "Today let the best things about Christ be the center of your thinking. All day long and into the night until you sleep in peace, kept safe by the One on whom you have thought."

I saw many doe and twin fawn this last week.

I'm still writing hymn studies. I find them interesting, inspiring and encouraging. It another way for me to learn and grow in my faith. I'm happy to share studies with you. Some are already on this blog, to the right of the main column. I can also send copies through email or messenger.

I enjoyed watching these triplets last week. Watching them play, running around, darting here and there, is always a delight.

Summer also comes to a close. The next season of God's creation, with color and beauty, will soon arrive. 

Driving by a field with deer peacefully eating is soothing.

By His Grace . . .