United Baptist Church of Ellsworth

Prior to and after these falls, peaceful streams flow into tranquil pools where heron fish and beavers build their houses. They are pleasant reminders of the 23rd Psalm’s assurances that God shepherds His people to green pastures and still waters where they are spiritualy safe, satisfied, and refreshed. He the believer’s safe place, a refuge, and an ever present help. Despite the turmoil and chaos of “troubled” waters and roaring falls. He is a “river whose streams make glad” our souls (Psalm 46)

Working late, taking advantage of seasonal blueberry harvesting, this fellow is laboring a “second job.” Whether to provide for his children’s school clothes, to have a financial cushion for the upcoming winter’s utility bills, or to buy something special he wants, he is “redeeming the time.” That is an odd phrase because we cannot buy back or relive one short, fragmented, unpredictable second and its outcomes, but that phrase encourages us to take advantage of opportunities as they present themselves.

There is something satisfying, even elating, about achieving a mountain top after a strenuous climb. On the heights, one enjoys an otherwise unappreciated perspective of distant mountains, valleys, and wide ocean vistas. From the top, one better understands the landscape.

Although definitely not a Maine photo this one is shared because it generated some shareable thoughts.

At first, I thought these ducks were “nodding off,” but they were paddling their way through the early morning mist fishing with their heads down.