Cleft of the Rock

A couple of weeks ago I paddled at my favorite lake, Hillsdale. On this trip I had a casual paddle around several coves and cliff-lined shoreline near the Marysville boat ramp. The water was calm and carp were sun-bathing in the shallows, while bass were jumping after their next meals. I didn't see, but I could hear deer in the woods near the shoreline. As I traveled along the cliffs along the shoreline, I noticed a duck sitting in a cleft of the rock. I immediately thought of Exodus 33:22. In the book of Exodus, Moses requested to see the glory of God. God counseled Moses to hide in the cleft of the rock, and then covered him with His hand as He passed by. Moses, of course, was never the same after having such a close encounter with the glory and presence of Jehovah God! The cleft of the rock is a very good place to dwell. In Scripture, Jesus is the Rock! We should hide ourselves in the cleft of the Rock! The duck hiding in the cleft of the rock that day reminded me of this Bible truth. I have included a picture of the duck in the cleft of the rock, and some other pictures from that same paddling trip.