Carson Village, Birmingham, Alabama
And he (John the Baptist) will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah . . . to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. ~ Luke 1:17
During my study time this morning, I ran across a quote I’ve heard for most of my life, “There are none so blind as those who will not see.” Guess who said it?
Matthew Henry! Some of you may be wondering who this guy is. He lived in the UK from 1662 – 1714. He was born in Flintshire, Wales and died in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. He was 52 when he died of apoplexy. Nowadays, we call it a stroke.
I know. I still haven’t told you who he is. 😊 He was probably one of, if not THE best Bible Commentator of all time. Blue Letter Bible has his complete commentary, and I use it all the time to gain insight. You have to concentrate a bit, because he writes in King’s English (of course), but he’s very, very good at opening your eyes to new things, and a new understanding of scripture.
And while I was at it, I looked up the UK, because that whole UK/England thing always confused me. If it does you too, think of it this way: The United Kingdom = The United States of America. There are four countries within the UK, just as we have 50 states within the USA. The four countries are: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. I’m not naming the 50 states. But I could! It just might take me a while.
Today is Thursday, and it’s the day we were potentially leaving for home. Instead, we went on a 10-11 mile bike ride in Fultondale. I’m not sure which one would’ve been more difficult on my tushey – sitting on the bicycle seat for 11 miles, or sitting in the Jeep for 11 hours . . . . But in the end (no pun intended), I’d rather be home!
But first, I want to note that we heard sirens on the road near us about 10:30 this morning. That in itself isn’t so unusual, we often hear sirens around here – both police and fire. There also seems to be some sort of state mandate that you must drive very loud cars and trucks. At any rate, we left home around 11am and just beyond the campground, discovered the police had the road we were on blocked off. It’s really a great thing that we’re equipped with a gps, otherwise, we would’ve had a very hard time navigating the Alabama back roads to get around the roadblock and back on track to our destination! (I’ll get to my point later. 😊)
Our bike ride was nice, although a bit more strenuous than I’d anticipated due to long, gradual inclines, but it wasn’t too bad, and heaven knows we could use the exercise with all the eating and sitting around we’ve been doing lately. There wasn’t much to see, but that’s okay, too. Makes for less pictures when I’m trying to get caught up on my posts. 😊
Sounds like the name of a painting, huh? : )
And he was still in the road . . .
Who knows. Maybe he’ll recover . . .
This is a pretty ingenious bike rack! 
There’s my bike sitting in it. Just to demonstrate how it works. : )
On our way home at 3:30pm, we were stopped at an intersection, and the police were just then opening the road we needed back up. The light changed and we drove by two tow trucks with completely smashed cars sitting on their beds. It was pretty awful to see! We were pretty sure there were deaths involved, and later, Blaine heard on the news that the innocent party in the accident was killed. The driver who caused it was critically injured. Oh my! So very sad!
Not a great way to end our day. ☹