The Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch

Prized Possession

I love God’s creation—His prized possession. Not only people, but the beautiful mountains, rivers, and yes, even the deserts. I enjoy seeing the many animals He created and love traveling and experiencing all He has made. My husband and I recently traveled to West Texas and made stops at the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch and Big Bend National Park. Our most recent excursion took us to Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge located in Central New Mexico.

The Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch is in San Antonio. Their website boasts that they offer an African safari—Texas style. Over 500 animals and 40 species from around the world live on the ranch covering 450 acres. This was our second time to drive through and view the many animals from the safety of our vehicle.

Big Bend National Park consists of over 800,000 acres, including canyons, desert, mountains, forests, and the Rio Grande River. We only spent a day there and explored by car. We hope to return one day soon to hike and enjoy the outdoors. The Rio Grande at Santa Elena Canyon was our favorite site.

This was our second trip to Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. This wildlife area of over 57,000 acres is a temporary home to water birds who spend their winters here. The refuge offers a 14-mile Scenic Drive around various lakes and marshland. We saw cranes, geese, ducks, herons, roadrunners, hawks, eagles, deer, and turtles.

What amazes me is that in all of God’s creation, all the beauty that surrounds us and all the creatures of the earth, nothing comes close to His love for us and our importance to Him. Although I stated above that God’s prized possession is His creation, more specifically we, His children, take first place with Him.

He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word.
And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.

James 1:18 (NLT)