Heather and I enjoyed an overnight camping trip to the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in south-central Colorado.

It’s an amazingly beautiful place. If you haven’t been yet, you really need to go. (More on that later.)

Medano Creek meanders next to the dunes, separating the main parking lot from the sand. In the springtime, the creek flows enough that families with young children must be careful.

In the early autumn, the water is just a trickle, since the snow at the tops of nearby peaks is mostly gone. We had to hike far just to see the water.

It was amazing to watch the water disappearing into the sand.

A presentation at the park’s visitor center revealed that the water flows under the sand year-round.

That’s just the way God works. He’s working in our lives all the time, even when we don’t see it.

We love quick answers to prayer. We don’t always get that… God doesn’t fit into our boxes. God is doing things we can’t even see.

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For those of you wanting to go to the park, it’s worth planning ahead. During the summer, the campground is always fully booked, months in advance. If you aren’t a camper, most of your options to sleep will be in nearby Alamosa – about 30 minutes away by car, one way.

The park is just under four hours drive from Denver.

If you get around using a wheelchair, the park staff are working to provide access.

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Paul Merrill writes here every first Friday.