Bridges are marvelous things, and when you’re in a place like Charleston, SC, extraordinarily necessary.

Charleston is where, according to the natives, the Cooper River and the Ashley River come together to make the Atlantic Ocean!

If you have to have a bridge, why not make it a work of art also? We stayed recently in a hotel in Mt Pleasant (visible on the map) very near the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge over the Cooper River. (Photo by June as we drove over the bridge)

(Stock photos)

It’s even more spectacular at night when God adds his artwork! (Photo by Bob from our hotel)

Solomon rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them…He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities that he built in Hamath…He also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars. (2 Chronicles 8.2 – 5, ESV)

The LORD said to Moses, “See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft. (Exodus 31.1 – 5, ESV)