While we were visiting family in Florida, we took a morning and drove down to Manatee Springs State Park. This is a beautiful place where you can swim, camp, scuba dive or just have a picnic. Or you can walk to the end of the board walk that follows the spring run to where it meets the Suwannee River and fish.

Known for its clear spring water, which stays a cool 72 degrees year round, it is also a refuge during the winter months for West Indian Manatees. While I have seen manatees in the springs before, there weren’t any at this time. We are hoping to go back when it is cooler in Florida (is that possible?) to visit and see if the manatees happen to be visiting the warmer waters.

As we were walking around looking at this gorgeous place, I got to thinking about what an awesome God we have. He made this! God spoke and it came to pass! What a mighty God we serve!

Genesis 1:9-10, 20-21

9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Our Homeschool Home

I am linking up to Our Homeschool Home for Mingle Monday. Robyn has also featured Tidymom this week. She has a terrific new look to her blog! Be sure to stop by Robyn’s place and look at all of the other awesome blogs linking up.