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

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

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

Canopy Park - A Walk in the Woods - “Your Word, LORD, is Eternal”

Your word, LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens. 

Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures. 

Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you.

Psalm 119:89-91

 

Moultrie Creek Fishing - Be a Servant to Others

 

Serve one another humbly in love.

GALATIANS 5:13 (NIV)

Castillo de San Marcos - “Be Not Forgetful to Entertain Strangers”

 

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

HEBREWS 13:2 (KJV)

Shores Drive Park, Moultrie Creek - “Everlasting Light”

 

19The sun will no more be your light by day,

nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,

for the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and your God will be your glory.

20Your sun will never set again,

and your moon will wane no more;

the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and your days of sorrow will end.

Isaiah 60:19-20

Shores Drive Park - “Each Night I Sing His Songs”

 

 But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me, 

and through each night I sing his songs, 

praying to God who gives me life.

Psalm 42:8

Shores Waterfront Park - “Be My Love in the Rain”

 

Oh, come forth into the storm and rout  
And be my love in the rain.

Robert Frost

Fort Matanzas Beach - “Examine My Heart and My Mind”

 Test me, LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.

Psalm 26:2-3

North Beach, Florida - “Mightier than the Waves of the Sea”

 

Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea, the Lord on high is mighty.

Psalm 93:4

Shores Waterfront Park - “Heart of the People Moved as the Trees of the Woods Moved with the Wind”

 

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but could not prevail against it. And it was told to the house of David, saying, “Syria’s forces are deployed in Ephraim.” So his heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.

Isaiah 7:1-2

Commentary:  King Ahaz and his people react with fear instead of with trust in God. They are shaken and unstable in their hearts.

 In this, the people of Judah really are the people of Ahaz, not the people of the LORD. God was not shaken or unsettled by this threat. If the king of Judah and the people of Judah had put their trust in the LORD, they would have had the peace of God in this conflict.

“Hear, O Heavens and Give Ear, O Earth”

 

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth;
    for the Lord has spoken:
“Children have I reared and brought up,
    but they have rebelled against me.
3 The ox knows its owner,
    and the donkey its master's crib,
but Israel does not know,
    my people do not understand.”

Isaiah 1:2-3 

Atlantic - “Who has Measured the Waters?”

Who has measured the waters
In the hollow of his hand, 
Measured Heaven with a span,
And calculated the dust of the earth
In a measure?  Weighted the mountains
In scales and the hills in a balance?

Isaiah 40:12

Moultrie Creek - “Face of the Waters”

The earth was without form,

And void, and darkness was on

The face of the deep.  And the 

Spirit of God hovering over the face

Of the waters.

And God said, “Let there be light”;

And there was light.

Genesis 1:2-3

“The Snow Maiden” A Poem

Crystal Michelle Fallin 
Snow Maiden, St. Augustine Nutcracker Ballet 1997

 The Snow Maiden

The Snow Cascaded, Swirled and Blew
In the Magical Kingdom
Of the Land of Snow;

Amidst the Snow Flakes and Fairies,

The Snow Maiden Dances,

Twirling on Pointed Toes

From Moonbeam to Shadow;

Her Silhouette we followed 

From Forest to Meadow;

Snow and Ice are Her Friends,

The Coated White Earth is her Floor;

Center Stage from Heaven

The Stars Shine on Her,

Seeking no other;

She is the Snow Maiden

Graceful and Fair,

In her Fairy White Dress

With Star Light in her Hair;

Dancing in Bliss

With no Worries or Cares,

Delicate and Graceful

From Finger Tip to Toe,

She's Eloquent to Behold;

Her Eyes Sparkles like Crystals,

Amidst the Snow Fairies and Sprites,

She Waltzes in Solace

With Mystical Delight;

From Winter's Breath She Sprang

Twirling and Dancing in the Chilled Air

Through the Forest and the Fields

The Wind Whispers her name,

Brilliant and Translucent, Crystal

The Maiden of Heaven's White Veil.

Published 1997

by Peggy Fallin

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

MoultrIe Creek - Quiet Resting Places

 

   Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
  The work of righteousness will be peace,
And the effect of righteousness, quietness and 

   assurance forever.
   My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation,
In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
  Though hail comes down on the forest,
And the city is brought low in humiliation.

  Blessed are you who sow beside all waters,
Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.

Isaiah 32:16-20 NKJV

 

You are My Hiding Place

 

You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble.

Psalm 32:7

The Work of Your Fingers

 

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?  For You have made him a little lower than the angels And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

Psalms 8:3-5 NKJV