All That Glitters ......
" These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith- of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire - may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed." - 1 Peter 1:7 We recently returned from an amazing 3 week vacation to the east coast. Much of our time was spent in Northern California, where we saw wonderful, God created sites like these...... We also saw the devastation that can come from natural events. The fires were so bad that we could not see parts of Yosemite National Park. We never made it to Crater Lake National Park in Oregon because the smoke was blocking the view of the lake. And one day, we accidentally drove through an area that had been recently devastated by fire. As a matter of fact we could still see some flames. We had to wait for a little over an hour to continue on the road we were on. We talked to a man behind us that said he lived in the area. He told us t