OUT OUR WAY " Dry Boots"

Psalm 23:1

Out our way, crossing creeks and sometimes rivers usually means just crossing a bridge — but now and then it means going into the water. There had been a flood out our way and the small bridge was washed away, but we still had to cross.

Fortunately, Doc is a big horse — nearly 17 hands high and, as I learned when he stepped on my foot when leading him out of the pasture — a heavy dude. I crossed the stream with dry boots.

Out our way there is a phrase from the old days when bridges were rare, but crossings were not. To say I’d “ride the river with you” was to say I trust you complet...