A Breath of Fresh Air and a Snow Covered Mountain - Mt. San Jacinto

HEMET - SAN JACINTO VALLEY, CA:  After days of intense rain, this afternoon, December 13th, 2009 turned into a beautiful late fall day in the Hemet - San Jacinto Valley, CA.  The day started off overcast with the local mountains being completely enclosed in a gray bank of fog as the clouds hung low over our heads.

As the day progressed, the sun struggled and finally broke through.  Once the sunshine had a foothold on the valley it would not give in...slowly but surely it just burned off the dark gray clouds, revealing the most beautiful blue sky and a gorgeous panoramic view of Mt San Jacinto and the surrounding foothills and mountains.

With the air is clean and fresh it is so beautiful I began reminiscing on the fact that we are in the midst of the Christmas season, celebrating the birth of Jesus. I am reminded that this is the celebration of the Christ Child - the Christ who came to us in a manger is the same Christ who died for our sins on the cross.