Piriaka Lookout, Wanganui river, New Zealand - “The Happiness of Heaven”

But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

1 Corinthians 2:19

Fall in the Adirondack Mountains - “He Who Forms the Mountains”

 He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, and who reveals his thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn to darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth— the LORD God Almighty is his name.

Amos 4:13

Adirondack Mountains - “Find Rest in the Shadow of the Almighty “

 

Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.   This I declare about the Lord : He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him.   For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease.   He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.   Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day.   Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday.   Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you.   Just open your eyes, and see how the wicked are punished.

Psalm 91:1-8

Milford Sound, New Zealand - “The Sun Has Long Been Set”

 Psalm 113:3

From the rising of the sun to its setting

The name of the Lord is to be praised.

“The Sun has Long been Set”

By William Wordsworth 

The sun has long been set,
  The stars are out by twos and threes,
The little birds are piping yet
  Among the bushes and trees;
There's a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes,
And a far-off wind that rushes,
And a sound of water that gushes,
And the cuckoo's sovereign cry
Fills all the hollow of the sky.
  Who would "go parading"
In London, "and masquerading,"
On such a night of June
With that beautiful soft half-moon, 
And all these innocent blisses?
On such a night as this is!

Absaroka Mountains, Wyoming - “The Lord Laid the Earth’s Foundation”

By wisdom the LORD laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place;

Proverbs 3:19

 

Chief Joseph Scenic Highway, Wyoming - “Great is Our Lord”

Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. 

Psalm 147:5

 

North Absaroka Wilderness, Wyoming - “Run with Perserverance”

 

Let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.

HEBREWS 12:1-2 (NRSV)

Little River Road, Smokey Mountains National Park - “A Spiritual Forest”

Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit.

JEREMIAH 17:7-8 (NRSV)

Abrams Creek Waterfall - “My Soul Finds Rest in God”

Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. 

Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. 

How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence? 

Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse.

Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. 

Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.

Psalm 62:1-6

Matanzas River - “Turn to Me With All Your Heart”

 

Now, therefore,” says the LORD, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”

So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm.

Joel 2:12-13

Earth Day - “Fix Our Eyes Not On What is Seen”

 

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” —2 Corinthians 4:16‭-‬18 (NIV)

Washington Oaks State Park - “Reaching Forward”

 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 
Philippians 3:13-14

Earth Day - “In His Hands are the Depths of the Earth”

 In his hand are the depths of the earth,

    and the mountain peaks belong to him.

Psalm 95:4

Shores Waterfront Park - “The Midst of the Sea”

 

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

Psalm 46:1-2

Broyhill Walking Park,Lenoir, North Carolina - “The Spring of Life”

But your loyal love, LORD, extends to the skies; your faithfulness reaches the clouds. 6 Your righteousness is like the strongest mountains; your justice is like the deepest sea. LORD, you save both humans and animals. 7 Your faithful love is priceless, God! Humanity finds refuge in the shadow of your wings. 8 They feast on the bounty of your house; you let them drink from your river of pure joy. 9 Within you is the spring of life. In your light, we see light.

Psalm 36:5-9

Lake Columbine, Grand Lake, Colorado - “I Will Give You Rest”

 

And he said,  “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Exodus 33:14

Horseshoe Reservoir, Rotary Park - “For You I Wait All the Day Long”

 Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.

Psalm 25:15

Horseshoe Reservoir, Fort Collins, Colorado - “The Earth is the Lord’s”

 The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof,
the world and those who dwell therein, 
and established it upon the rivers.

Psalm 24:1-2

Washington Oaks State Park - ‘The Soul Who Seeks Him”

 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.

Lamentations 3:25

Shores Waterfront Park, Florida - “Call to Me and I Will Answer You”

 Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Jeremiah 33:3

Matanzas River, Shores Waterfront Park - “I Have Heard Your Prayers and Seen Your Tears”

 

“Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the LORD.

2 Kings 20:5

Cumberland Island, Dungeness Estate Ruins, Georgia - “The Way of Life and The Way of Death”

  "Now you shall say to this people, 'Thus says the Lord: "Behold, I set before you the   way of life and the way of death. 

He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out and defects to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be as a prize to him. 

For I have set My face against this city for adversity and not for good," says the Lord. "It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire." ' 

“And concerning the house of the king of Judah, say, 'Hear the word of the Lord, 

O house of David! Thus says the Lord: "Execute judgment in the morning; And deliver him who is plundered Out of the hand of the oppressor, Lest My fury go forth like fire And burn so that no one can quench it, Because of the evil of your doings. 

“Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, And rock of the plain," says the Lord, "Who say, 'Who shall come down against us? Or who shall enter our dwellings?' 

But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings," says the Lord; "I will kindle a fire in its forest, And it shall devour all things around it." 

Jeremiah 21:8-14

Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina - “The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things”

  The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?  I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 17:9-10

Grand Tetons, Wyoming - “Hear and Give Ear”

Hear and give ear: Do not be proud, For the Lord has spoken. 

Give glory to the Lord your God Before He causes darkness, And before your feet stumble On the dark mountains, And while you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death And makes it dense darkness.

Jeremiah 13:15-16

Chasm Falls, Estes Park - “My Affliction and My Wandering”

 

I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.  I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.  Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope; Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.  They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.   I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”

Lamentations 3:19-24

Estes Park, Rocky Mountains - “Great is His Unfailing Love”

 For no one is cast off by the Lord forever.  Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.  For he does not willingly bring affliction or Grieg to anyone.

Lamentations 3:31-33

Crescent Beach - Easter Sunday

 

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.

JOHN 20:1 (NIV)

Estes Park, Rocky Mountains - “By His Wounds You Have Been Healed”

“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

1 Peter 2:25