Untamed

Elephants are really quiet.  It's quite funny considering they are one of the largest  mammals on earth, and they don't exactly tip toe around.  Africa's wildlife has found a secret door in my heart and swung it wide open (it's also given me pause to consider choosing the life of a vegetarian).  Sitting on the edge of my tall seat in the very back of our safari jeep armed with my zoom lens camera I enter the  untamed.  We round a bend and catch the sables and impala grazing on the edge of the Zambezi River (Zambezi means River of God), carefully lowering their heads for a cool drink of water.  Baboon mothers scavenge for food on the beach with their babies clinging onto their under bellies with all four legs.  We explore a little deeper and come to a roadblock but none like I have ever experienced before.  Ahead of us are three towering giraffes, their stretched necks reach for the leaves at the top of the trees as they gracefully nibble at the foliage.  We begin again only to stop suddenly as elephants emerge in formation out of the bush, the adults take up the front and rear protecting the young from predators.  I can hardly breath as the shutter on my camera opens and closes capturing the majesty of these regal giants.  Then it happens.  Worship bursts out of my heart so much that my chest can hardly contain it.  It was silent yet my soul was singing one of the loudest songs I have ever experienced.  This is His creation declaring the glory of the Lord and I get to join in and worship!  Just think, God gets to take in this wild landscape filled with enchanting creatures every minute of every day.