Get Out There

Spring takes its time up in the mountains around here. While everything is green and bright down below, up on the ridgeline, it still looks like winter.

I had gone up to the mountains to make a video, something I want to develop more. But, it was also a chance to hopefully get a photo or two.

Finding the balance between it all can be a challenge. Balance is a challenge in most areas of life, of course.

Slowing down to take it in and shoot accordingly can be hard. You'll probably recognize the above shot from the image on my home page. This is an area I've been to many times. As such, I'm not unfamiliar with it.

Is this the greatest image of all time? Hardly. There's a lot I would fix with it, but I still felt it was worth sharing.

I love the rocks up on the ridges in Shenandoah National Park. They have such character and color. Largely, they are greenstone, if my memory serves. That's a kind of basalt, a volcanic rock. Though I can't know for sure, I suspect that early in the flood, these rocks burst forth, and these mountains were formed. As the waters receded, they eroded the rocks down, perhaps to their current state.

Is that how it happened? It's just conjecture on my part; I'm not a geologist. But I like to think about these things sometimes when I see the geology of this beautiful world.

The big story behind it, of course, is God's judgment upon the wicked pre-flood world.

But as I write this, I remember another image from that afternoon. Even with the judgment brought upon the world, through it God provided for His people and gave them a promise. That promise, like all of God's promises, stands still today.

Creation is a wondrous thing, and while we must keep from worshipping it, it can point us to the one we ought to worship, the Creator Himself, the one who keeps His promises.

I opted to leave before the sunset that evening. The clouds were dissipating, and time and schedules conflicted in my mind.

But, as always, it's good to get out and shoot and spend time in creation. It's good to think about the things of God, and sometimes being away from all of the trappings of modern society is a great way to do that. So, get out there, you may find you like it.