Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Canada - "The One Who Gives Life to Every Heart"

 The Lord most high is the one who gives life to every heart, who gives life to the spirit!  Look, he indeed exchanged my bitterness for wholeness.  You yourself have spared my whole being from the pit of destruction, because you have cast all my sins behind your back.

Isaiah 38:16-17 

Medicine Lake, Jasper National Park, Canada - "Find Rest for Your Souls"

 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 11:28-29 NIV

Lone Tree of Wanaka - "Sun and Shield"

 

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; 

The Lord will give grace and glory; 

No good thing will He withhold 

for those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 84:11 NKJV

“I Have Loved You With An Everlasting Love” - Jeremiah 31:3

 

 The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying:

“I have loved you with an everlasting love;

I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.”

Jeremiah 31:3 

Renaissance Park Chattanooga, Tennessee - 20/20 Vision

The eye is the lamp of the body.  So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

Matthew 6:22 NRSV

Thought for the Day:  When the way forward is unclear, God can open my eyes to hope.
 

Lookout Mountain, Tennessee River - The Road Ahead

Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.

Proverbs 4:25 NIV

Thought for the Day:  God is always looking out for my best interests.
 

Covered Bridge, Princess Place Preserve - "All Play a Part"

 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we... have different gifts according to the grace given to each of us.

Romans 12:4-6 NIV

Thought for the Day:  Each person has a part to play in serving God.

Princess Place Preserve, Oak Trail - "A Grateful Heart"

I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

Psalm 9:1 NRSV

 Thought for the Day:  What a difference gratitude to God can make!

Estes Park, Rocky Mountain National Park - “Standing Back Up”

A just man fallen seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Proverbs 24:16 KJV

Thought for the Day:  God’s love, not my failure, defines me.
 

Estes Park Rocky Mountains - “Keep Looking Up”

 Come, my heart says, seek God’s face.  Lord, I do seek your face!

Psalm 27:8 CEB

Thought for the Day:  Today I will keep looking up for signs of God’s presence.

Matanzas River, Florida - Music in the Mundane

 This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24 NRSV

Thought for the Day:  God can use the ordinary to reveal the extraordinary.

Vaill Point Park, Florida - Songs from the Heart

 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.

Colossians 3:15 NIV

Thought for the Day:  I will sign boldly with a faithful heart as an offering to God.

Parc National Jacques Cartier, Canada - "Finding Direction"

 

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Psalm 119:105 NRSV

Big Meadows, Green Mountain - "Wherever We Go"

 Green Mountain is now covered in burned trees from last year's forest fires.   The trail is covered in burnt debris.  I was fortunate enough to have walked the trail and took many pictures.  It will be many years, decades for the mountain and forest to recover and have new growth.

"The Lord is my light and my salvation -- whom shall, I fear?  The Lord is the stronghold of my life -- of whom shall I be afraid?"

Psalm 27:1 NIV