Saturday, September 15, 2007

Walkin' with God and a Devil

While my apartment is one step away from being labeled a hovel, it is also thankfully one step away from Rock Creek Park. I literally walk across the street and I am in the park.

As it is an amazingly beautiful day, I decided on a nice two hour hike as today's form of physical, as well as spiritual, exercise. Walking through the park while pondering the Joyful Mysteries, I bumped into a joyous natural mystery. The little guy above is called a Hickory Horned Devil, and I had never seen a buggie that big outside a zoo. Stopping to watch him make his way across a path, soon caused a little group of other hikers to form, all cheering the little guy on.

Oh dear God, thank you for these little,
and very precious, glimpses of heaven.
.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

My reaction would've been more like: "Thank you Lord, for this beautiful day and the fresh air and a walk in the park and....EEK!!!"

D'artagnan said...

Sadly, it is usually the DC people that give me cause to "eek"