Beside still waters?

Today's picture was taken about a year ago when Hilary and I took a few days to visit some of our favorite places in England. So what's wrong with this picture? Nothing - much. It's just, well, the water looks so calm and flat! It wasn't! It was a windy night, quite late and starting to get cold. (The flags on the top of Tower Bridge there are flapping nicely in the breeze.) ...So why the calm smooth look?

Those of you into photography will understand immediately whats going on here. The picture is a really long timed exposure (as much as 15 seconds or so I recall). So the trees that were blowing in the wind will look a little fuzzy, anything moving will lose definition and the water with its motion and ripples will soften to the point of looking like ice.As you may be aware I enjoy night photography. This picture looks a bit like it might have been taken at dusk or just before dawn but in fact any light in the sky is "light pollution" coming from nearby city lights - the night is a dark one. I don't remember seeing reflections in the water either but clearly they must have been there, I just didn't see them at the time.Knowing what I saw in the moment I opened the shutter and now seeing this picture made me think of the famous verse in Psalm 23 (v2) "...He leads me beside still waters...". Actually these didn't seem to be still waters at all at the time, but looking back both Hilary and I have wonderful memories of that late night stroll beside the river Thames. We don't remember much about it being cold or windy, we remember a lovely walk (interrupted by frequent stops to take pictures) where we were able to spend time together in a place we both love, alone and quiet. Lovely indeed!Perhaps this is another way to look at how God guides us through life? At the moment it might not look calm and beautiful but the path creates a wonderful memory of special times; "beside still waters".