Grace-Full

 

Over the years, I’ve been blessed to photograph a number of scenic waterfalls in a variety of locations.

A few have been tall;

Takakkaw Falls - Yoho National Park, British Columbia. At 1,224 feet, this is the second tallest waterfall in Canada. “Takakkaw” is a Cree word which translates as “magnificent.”

 

Others were quite small.

Seasonal rivulet - Cove Hardwoods Nature Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

 

Some make an attempt to hide;

Moss-covered rocks and stream - Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

 

Some remind me of a bride.

&spspspspsps; Bridalveil Fall - Yosemite National Park, California &spspspspspspspsp;Bridal Veil Falls (upper and middle tiers) - Provo Canyon, Utah

 

There are those I know
prone to put on a show.

Twin Falls - Pickens County, South Carolina

Fall colors surrounding Looking Glass Falls - Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina

 

A few can be fickle
with barely a trickle.

Station Cove Falls (sectional view) - Sumter National Forest, South Carolina

 

I suppose all have their place.

&spspspspsps; Sable Falls - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan&spspspspspspspsp;South Falls - Silver Falls State Park, Oregon

 

But when it comes to God’s grace,

Palisade Falls - Custer Gallatin National Forest, Montana

 

I don’t want just a trace.

Moore Cove Falls - Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina

 

I’d like an overwhelming flow,

View from behind Issaqueena Falls - Stumphouse Tunnel Park, Walhalla, South Carolina

Eagle Falls in flood stage - Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest, California

 

Only because I need it so.

&spsp.;Brasstown Falls (upper) - Sumter National Forest, South Carolina&spspspsp;Wildcat Falls (middle tier) - Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area, South Carolina

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let thy grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wand’ring heart to thee.

– Robert Robinson (1758)

‘Tis grace hath bro’t me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

– John Newton (1779)