"Creation" by Steve Martin
Every once in a while, we need to get away from our normal, daily routine and explore the Lord's creation. Only with two hour drive northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina, you can access the road known as the Blue Ridge Parkway, a 469-mile scenic highway stretching from North Carolina to Virginia. Built beginning in 1935, it offers beautiful flowers, waterfalls, lakes, lookout points, and hiking trails.
I had the opportunity to go on our annual day trip with my friend David Peterman to the western mountains of North Carolina. Stopping at lookout points, clear blue lakes, rhododendrons filling the mountainsides preparing to bloom - it was a magnificent journey on an early spring day.
Check it out sometime if you can! Or venture out in the land near you, and be refreshed with the Lord's creation.
Ahava and shalom,
Steve Martin
