Parc National Jacques Cartier, Quebec, Canada - “Faith the Substance of Things Hoped for”

 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.   By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible…

But without faith, it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarded of those who diligently seek him.

Hebrews 11:1,8

Rocky Mountains, Colorado - We Fix our Gaze on Things that cannot be Seen

 While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen,.  For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

1 Corinthians 4:18

Fort Matanzas Beach - “He drew me out of deep Waters”

 He reached down from on high and took hold of me,
He drew me out of deep waters.

He rescued me from my powerful enemy,

From my foes, who were too strong for me.

They confronted me in the day of my disaster,

But the Lord was my support.

Psalm 18:16-18

Milford Sound, New Zealand - “Heaven of Heavens cannot contain you”

And now I pray, O God of Israel, let Your word come true, which You have spoken to Your servant David my father.  But will God indeed dwell on the earth?  Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you.  How much less this temple which I have built!

Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his duplication, O LORD my God, and listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant is praying before You today:  

That Your eyes may be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, My name shall be there, that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes toward this place.

1 Kings 8:26-29

 

Horse Shoe Park, Rocky Mountains - “Where does Wisdom come from?”

 Where does wisdom come from?  Where does understanding dwell?  It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds of the air.  Destruction and Death say, ‘Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.’  God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells, for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.  When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters, when he made a decreed for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm, then he looked at wisdom and appraised it; he confirmed it and tested it.  And he said to man, The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.

Job 28:20-28

Matanzas River - “The Breath of all Mankind”

For the soul of every living thing is in the hand of God, and the breath of all mankind.

Job 12:10