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I've recently been reading through Exodus, I've always enjoyed reading the Old Testament stories and all the great miracles that were preformed for the children of Israel and the prophets, but rarely do I ever make those simple stories into practical use. This last week I've been on an emotional low and to top that off I've been sick. (Ear infection/sinus infection) So my attitude has been less than pleasant. But as I was reading the passage of scripture yesterday about how God downed the Egyptians who were chasing the Israelites, in the Red Sea moments after he allowed the Israelites to pass through on dry ground. And I thought to myself! HOW SHALLOW MY THINKING IS!? The very same God who parted the Red Sea, the God who gave manna from Heaven, the same God who changed bitter waters into sweet waters and caused waters to flow from a rock, That same God is the ruler of my life, and if he could control those situations, and did things that were impossible (and still is impoosible) to do 4000 years ago, He can definitely control every aspect in my life and make them turn out a whole lot better than I could. It's when the murmmering and the bitterness sets in that God has to allow adverse affects to settle into my life. I am sooo thankful for a God who is greater than any of my problems!

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by Steve Logan

	Why Wyoming? Indeed you might ask. Why would you live where the temperature can change 40 degrees in 2 hours? Where the next town is 100 miles away? Where the wind might blow occasionally? Where it snows horizontally a couple of times a year? Well, here are some things to try and then ask me again.
Take a ride over the Snowy Range on a fall day, then continue past Encampment, through Savory, and on into Baggs. Sit in a teepee near Moose on a clear summer morning, while having breakfast as the sun rises and first hits the Tetons.
	Take a motorcycle ride through the Sunlight Basin, then watch as Old Faithful blows its top. Sit at the base of Devil’s Tower and wonder at the myths and legends that it has inspired.
Paddle a canoe to the Upper Green River Lake and contemplate the reflection of Square Top in the pristine waters. On a cold clear winter evening, watch the setting sun turn the snow on the Wind River Mountains a rosy pink.
	Walk though an aspen grove on a fall day as the leaves start to blanket the ground, and have a 6 or 7 point bull elk bugle about 100 yards in front of you. Fly fish on the North Platte, the upper Green River, or the mighty Snake. Tie into a 35 pound lake trout on Flaming Gorge Lake.
Watch the sunset over Firehole basin and wonder at the colors that cannot be captured by film or on canvas. Listen to the drumming of a sage grouse as it struts on a sage scented spring morning.
	Enjoy the view from atop Aspen Mountain, where on a clear day you can see the Uinta Mountains 80 miles to the south, the Wind River Mountains 100 miles to the north, the Wyoming range 90 miles west, and the Medicine Bows 100 miles east.
Attend the rodeo in Cheyenne, then watch as Willie Nelson sings “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” IN THE RAIN. Sit in the stands in Laramie on a crisp Autumn day as a last minute field goal wins the game.
	Stalk a 26” mule deer though the junipers. Observe as a wild colt first suckles on the Red Desert. Drive a herd of cattle down from the high meadows, or wonder at the endless panorama of the grasslands
Spend a night sleeping out in the pines with only the stars as a blanket. Swear that you can reach up and stir the Milky Way with your hand. Walk around Jenny Lake with a stop at Hidden Falls. Ride an inner tube through the Wind River Canyon.
	Have a milk shake in Shoshone or an ice cream cone in Farson. Feed the fish in Sinks Canyon, where the Popo Agie rises. Go climb a rock at Vedaawoo or spend a day at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody. (PS. A day might not be enough)
Visit South Pass City for a look at our past or check out the ruts on the Oregon Trail and wonder about the multitudes that traveled that way. Solve the mystery of the Medicine Wheel in the Big Horns. Interpret the writings of the ancient peoples at any of the many sites.
	Watch a moose feed on the willows near a beaver dam or a herd of pronghorns race over the wide open spaces. See the eagle spread its wings and soar, framed by snow capped mountains far in the distance.
Take the tram at Jackson Hole to the top, then ski to the bottom non-stop. Ride a four wheeler through the Killpecker Sand Dunes. Spend a day in the south country and never see another person. Have a complete stranger stop and help you change a flat tire.
	Have an “Old Timer” tell you how it was even better when he was a kid. Share most of these things with your kids or grandkids. After you have done some of these things, if I still have to explain, YOU WOULDN’T UNDERSTAND.

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