This yellow salsify (also known as goats beard) seems to be reaching out to grab the day or the sunshine along the trails at the Indiana Dunes National Park.

As I headed out the door for my morning hike, I found myself wondering what I would be reaching out for and grabbing onto throughout the day. What types of encounters would I have? Would my focus remain on Jesus Christ or would the distractions of the world get in my way?

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I’d rather have Jesus than silver or gold
I’d rather be His than have riches unfold
I’d rather have Jesus than houses or land
I’d rather be led by His nail-pierced hand
Than to be the king of a vast domain
And be held in sin’s dread sway
I’d rather have Jesus than anything
This world affords today

Songwriters: Rhea Miller/George Beverly Shea
(public domain)

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All photos are my own. ©Pepper Tron/Heaven’s Sunshine
No usage allowed in any form without my written consent.

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