
When I tell you that these trees are unbelievable HUGE….I AINT kiddin! I wanted to put up a post to get away from all of the Holy War posts. Reflect on God’s creation…
I read this poem when I was standing in the midst of the Redwoods. The Redwoods absolutely took my breath away.
The Redwoods
by Joseph P. Strauss
Here, sown by the Creator’s hand.
In serried ranks, the Redwoods stand:
No other clime is honored so,
No other lands their glory know.
The greatest of Earth’s living forms,
Tall conquerors that laugh at storms;
Their challenge still unanswered rings,
Through fifty centuries of kings.
The nations that with them were young,
Rich empires, with their forts far-flung,
Lie buried now-their splendor gone:
But these proud monarchs still live on.
So shall they live, when ends our days,
When our crude citadels decay;
For brief the years allotted man,
But infinite perennials’ span.
This is their temple, vaulted high,
And here, we pause with reverent eye,
With silent tongue and awestruck soul;
For here we sense life’s proper goal:
To be like these, straight, true and fine,
to make our world like theirs, a shrine;
Sink down, Oh, traveler, on your knees,
God stands before you in these trees.
Beautiful, huh?

Here is a long video of the Redwoods. Watch a few minutes, the trees are SO pretty.
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