Warning!

One of the projects on my to-do list this fall is to make a photo book of our recent travels around the country.  So far, progress is very slow.  This is a daunting task!  Trying to sort through thousands of photographs to find the favorites and the best and the ones which most clearly tell the story of our adventure is overwhelming!

As I have been identifying favorites, this is one that made the cut:

 

 

 

Signs like this one were present in many of the rest areas as we traveled across the Southwest.  Some of them were phrased a little differently.  Rattlesnakes may be present.  So read one of the signs.  We don't typically have signs like that in rest areas here in the South. 

 

I chose that photo for my photo book because it was a part of our experience on the road. 

 

I also chose it because it's a good reminder for daily living.  There are hazards everywhere.  That's why we need to have our guard up.  Always.

 

There are rattlesnakes.  And roaring lions.  And wolves in sheep's clothing.

 

Be on guard.

 

"You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."  (2 Peter 3:17-18 NASB, emphasis mine)