A different perspective on Ely’s Mill - found along the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This 1925 mill served many families scattered up the valleys on the area just a bit out of Gatlinburg. It is less than 100 years since he built his mill, now a National Park with more people per day driving past his mill than he may have seen in a year. A business he likely expected to continue now so quaint we cannot imagine making a living from this place. Or wanting to. Time is fleeting.

“Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered— how fleeting my life is. You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath. We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it. And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you.” Psalm 39:4-7 NLT