Sequoyah State Park, Hulbert, Oklahoma
Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to put each man’s silver back in his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. After this was done for them, they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left. At the place where they stopped for the night one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of his sack….Their hearts sank and they turned to each other trembling and said, “What is this that God has done to us?” ~ Genesis 42:25-28 Joseph continues to offer mercy and grace to his brothers and for their part, they continue to recognize what they believe to be God’s Hand of retribution for their part in destroying their brother (as they believe to be true). Here’s something else. If you read ahead, you’d discover that the other brothers didn’t realize their silver had been returned until after they returned home and spoke with Jacob about Joseph’s demands. I don’t know about you, but I’da been up and digging through my stuff as soon as my sibling discovered silver in his pack. I don’t know why they didn’t. Maybe the remaining eight were in a state of denial. I think the main point here though, is to see that they recognize God and are afraid of His consequences for their blatant sin towards Joseph. It’s been a long time coming. Roughly twenty-two years. Do you have old sin that you’ve still not repented of? Don’t carry that burden any longer. Talk to God and get rid of it today.
Look at all the space we have!
And we’re parked so we can see the lake out our front window!
Of course, once all the leaves come in, there’ll be no more lake view. But for our time, it’s great!
It was supposed to be an eight-mile hike today. Yes, Blaine told me 8-10, but I only heard 8. It was a gorgeous day! (Guess what? It was windy. 😊) And as it turned out, we had many miles to go. If I’da known we were tacking on an additional 4+ miles, I probably would’ve protested. But I didn’t. Neither did Blaine. Though for him, it was only 2+. Why? Nice of you to ask! The place we were supposed to cross the river to complete our loop was flooded over! So we had to retrace our steps and find another way home. We were beat down when we finally got there 5 ½ hours and well over 25,000 steps later – much of which was on asphalt, which I think made it harder on us.
Despite the fatigue and sore bones, we had a marvelous day exploring! Probably up until the last three miles. 😊 And to top it off, we did our part to help save a life! How often do you get to do that?!? You’ll see what I mean later.
Come along with us! Enjoy the adventure without leaving the comfort of your chair! Then get up and make your own adventure and memories!
WARNING: There are several ‘dead’ pictures in here. 😉
Blaine had it all mapped out for today. : )
This is what we found, but we don’t know what it is.
We wanted to ask a Ranger, but tomorrow,
when we actually spoke with someone at the Nature Center, we forgot.
Although we remembered we wanted to ask something. : )
Whatever it is, there were a bunch of them.
He seemed really startled, so I’m inclined to believe him.
He doesn’t scare easily. : )
The cabins look real nice!
We walked up, one flew off to the water.
The other stayed for a minute, but then left too.
I told Blaine I wanted to report it at the lodge, so I did.
The girl said she’d notify the Park Ranger.
It’s the remains of a raccoon. (we could tell by the feet).
Anyway, this did nothing to inspire us, so we left.
We were also able to talk to the Biologist on staff,
we mentioned the egg and she said she was headed over to check it out.
She also gave us the run down of the critters they house here.
He’s also a case of being a pet that couldn’t be released.
This one came to them morbidly obese (but she didn’t say why) and had deformed bone structure.
He also can’t be released because of his deformity.
They’ve worked with him and he’s in much better condition than when they got him.
He’s always been in captivity, because he also imprinted on his rescuers.
Isn’t it beautiful?!?
How can people look at these designs and claim there’s no Creator God?!?
but these are very smooth looking and brilliant white.
Of course, I had to pick it up. : )
From what I think I could tell, there seems to be about a 30 member congregation.
But we did learn later that there used to be a town called Ray in what is now the State Park.
It was much prettier than the picture shows.
Did you know that back in the 1700’s
many families wouldn’t even name their children until they reached five years old?
Somehow, not naming them was supposed to lessen the parents’ grief should the child die.
I doubt it worked. : (
We thought the area was more arid than this.
Unless we swim, and swim hard (because the water was really moving), we’re not crossing over.
And these are the only other people we came across all day long!
It wasn’t much, but at this point, every step saved is wonderful!
