Hunting Island State Park, St. Helena Island, South Carolina
We now begin what’s been dubbed the Sermon on the Mount. It takes about 15-20 minutes to read straight through the three chapters it covers. My Bible divides it into the following teaching segments: The Beatitudes, Salt and Light, Murder, Adultery, Divorce, Oaths, An Eye for an Eye, Love for Enemies, Giving to the Needy, Prayer, Fasting, Treasures in Heaven, Do Not Worry, Judging Others, Ask/Seek/Knock, The Narrow and Wide Gates, A Tree and its Fruit, and the Wise and Foolish Builders. The Holy Spirit helps reveal scripture to me, but so does godly, wise teaching I’ve sat under for many years, as well as those who diligently research and provide commentary. I deeply appreciate those who’ve gone before, especially when we’re talking the very words of Jesus.
All throughout this teaching of Jesus’, He delineates between those who are His and those who are not. He compares us to light and dark. He tells us ‘not like that, like this’ or ‘not like them, like My child’. He wants them (the people He’s speaking directly to), and us, to notice that His teaching reflects the Law given to Moses on Mount Sinai, where Moses went up on the mountain to receive the Law of God. And similar to Moses, Jesus has gone up the mountain to give the Law. It is a sometimes gentle, but sometimes emphatic call of the King to His people, the citizens of His Kingdom.
Our final days at this wonderful State Park in South Carolina were filled with riding bikes and/or walking the beach. Since that’s all we did for two days, and then moved on, I’ve decided to put three days together.
April 16th:
I feel that when they’re resting in a group like this,
you should make a wide berth around them and let them rest.
Blaine feels birds are meant to fly and should and we’re not bothering them.
You decide. : )
That’s sand blowing towards me!
I know? Maybe they were placed there by the birds?
April 17th:
We saw a young family further up the beach and told them about it – just in case they’d want to collect it.
Those rocks are usually covered with water!
So beautiful!
It lasted for a really long time!
April 18th:
Just as we were hooked up and ready to move on to a new campground, I took our trash over to the dumpster, and was met with a cute little surprise! I heard crackling in the dumpster I didn’t use, so I lifted the lid and peeked inside. There were two raccoons trapped in a virtually empty dumpster! One was sleeping, but soon woke. Both wanted out in the worst way, and they were so adorable, I was tempted to reach in and help them out, but better judgment kept me from that. Instead, once we got moving, I called the office and let them know. I sure hope the Park Rangers got the cute little darlings out! Something to note: the dumpster I’d used was about half full and there was nothing in the raccoon one. I wonder if others knew and just didn’t say anything, or they did and the Rangers figured they’d get out on their own?
I didn’t have my phone with me or I’da taken a picture.
On the road, we noted that for quite a distance, I-77 south was closed for work. That’s a lot of traffic to reroute! Fortunately, we were headed north today! Our drive was about two hours long.
Sesquicentennial State Park, Columbia, South Carolina
