Out Our Way: Stuck in the mud - Psalm 40:1-2

Out our way, looks can be deceiving. Charlie and I were riding fence for a friend of ours, and one corner section was blocked by thorn bushes and trees. There was a cow path through the trees but the overhang was so low I could not follow on Doc, so I dismounted and walked the trail myself. It was a nice cool in the tunnel made of the thorny hedges and overhanging branches — and I was glad to see the trail flattened out into a wider bare patch deep within. 

However, in two strides I found the sandy patch wasn’t sand at all, but mud. It was part of a creek bed that looked dry and firm...