Millenium Park

We took a trip to Chicago this summer thanks to the USAG (I think). We were able to tag along with Heather while she was there for a gymnastics judges symposium. After landing at Midway we went downtown and hung out in Millenium Park. There is a reflecting stream below as well as the "Cloud Gate" also known as the Bean. It is a large chrome "kidney bean" looking structure. Very pretty!

There was also a garden with very unique views of a portion of the skyline. Bottom left is a fountain and sprayground. The fountains were video boards with faces on them. Also a very cool place. I wish we would have been able to see it at night...
This was day one of Chicago. There was so much to photograph, I felt overwhelmed.

Water

I was reminded recently of the severe amounts of water that we waste in this country. There are many in countries around the world who will walk for miles for a jar full of clean water. There are many who will drink from pools of water that I would not consider walking in for fear of getting my shoes dirty. I am grateful to live in a country where water is plentiful, but I pray for the wisdom and clarity to live with even the simplest of things, like clean water, at the forefront of my thankfulness. May I not take for granted the luxuries of life that I have. Even more importantly, may I resist the tendency to grow dependent on these things and procure an attitude of ownership for them as if they were owed to me. May my reliance be on my God for providence and my trust be in Him alone.

Living Water; a difficult thought to comprehend. Let us drink from His water and we will thirst no more. Give me water from the well, that never runs dry. Give me water from the well that gives me hope when I die.

Peace.