A Different Way of Looking

I guess there is different ways of looking at anything. After so many days of TV 'talking heads' focused on The Flood of 2008 with the crest reaching new levels as it moves down the Cedar river from Cedar Falls and now to Iowa City, one eventually becomes overwhelmed and overloaded. A break is needed. Last night that break came in the form of a video from one of the local TV stations. Videos of the flood yes, but from a different angle. There were no reporters voices, only acoustical guitar music. And interspersed with the devastation of the flooding and the disruption of human lives was the beauty of 'life going on' for the birds along its path. There was reassurance of God's presence in those videos, a peacefulness and a calm in the water no longer rising. The waters recede and life does go on. I needed that very much. We all do.