I am sorry that I haven’t blogged for several days. I have been in Eastern Oregon shooting sage rats, whose official name is Belding’s ground squirrels, and catching big monster trout. There was no cell service where we were, so I was forced to just hunt and fish! About 20 of us went over together, and we had great fellowship as we camped, hunted, and fished together. We built a huge campfire, sat around it in the evening, talked, and some roasted marshmallows and made smores. I go on several hunting and fishing trips during the year, and this is one of my favorites. However, it is usually the last trip I went on that is my favorite, so this year’s “rat hunt” will fade in the favorite column until next year, when it will bounce back to first. Why is a particular trip a favorite? Because it is the most fun or enjoyable for any number of reasons. The Lord made us beings in His image that can experience joy. Sometimes, we call it having fun or being happy. God designed our strong desire for pleasure to motivate us to seek Him. Psalms 16:11 says that “in His presence is fullness of joy.” Heaven will be the ultimate experience of joy forever, and hell is the total absence of joy forever. Life is full of miserable times; I think about heaven during those times. It won’t be that long, and I will be there with my new glorified body.