Monday, December 17, 2007

Blessings

In the past 5 days I attended two funerals. One was for a fairly young (50) father of three that died suddenly and unexpectedly, and the other was for a dear friend who lived a full and long life and died after a long decline surrounded by his loving family.

Both were moving in their own way and caused no small amount of reflection about the passing of my parents and my own mortality.

I took the last hour of the day before sunset to spend some time alone walking (and casting) along the shores of Evans Lake. The temperature had dropped significantly since the last visit just a few days earlier and the fish had moved from the usual shoreline haunts to deeper water and protection from the cold.

The fishing wasn't great but sky was pretty dramatic so I snapped a few shots.


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Oh Yeah - I was blessed with this nice bass.

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James 4:14
Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.


I thank God for today and it's blessings.

2 comments:

Bawana said...

I'm convinced more and more that all of these experinces are an important part of our own journey. Very nice camera work of a great night on the Lake.

Paul Batchelder said...

Where are all the tagged fish??