Denali, Alaska - "The Year of the Lord's Favor"

 

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.  He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn and provide for those who grieve in Zion--to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of despair.  They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.

Isaiah 61:1-3

Vaill Point Park - “Power Perfected in Weakness”

 And He said to me, “My Grace is Sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.”  Most gladly therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

2 Corinthians 12:9 NASB

Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia - "A Contrite Spirit"

 

"Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?"  declares the Lord.  These are the ones I look on with favor:  those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.

Isaiah 66:2

Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia - "Let Your Light Shine"

 

"You are the light of the world.  A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.  Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.  Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.  In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."

Matthew 5:14-16 

Poppy's In Bloom - Milo, Michigan

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:1

Lake Huron, Port Austin - "The Earth is the Lord's"

 The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it.  Th world and all its people belong to him.  For he laid the earth's foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths.

Psalm 24:1-2

Pacific Coast Highway - "Who Else has held the Oceans in His Hand?"

 "Who else has held the oceans in his hand?  Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers?  Who else know the weight of the earth or has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale?"

Proverbs 40:12 NLT

Smokey Mountains - “Search With All Your Heart”

 And you will seek me and find me

when you search for me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:13  NKJV

Raquette Lake, New York - Living Waters

 On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea.  It shall continue in summer as winter.  And the Lord will be king over all the earth.  On that day the Lord will be one and his name one. 

Zechariah 14:8-9 ESV

Raquette River - Adirondack Mountains

“Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?”  Declares the Lord.  “ These are the ones I look on with favor:  those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and tremble at my word.”

Isaiah 66:2 

Yosemite Falls - Rivers of Living Water

 

On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.  Whoever believes in me, as scriptures has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them."

John 7:37-38

Olmsted Point Yosemite

 

God doesn’t look at things like humans do.  Humans see only what is visible to the eyes; but the Lord sees into the heart .

1 Samuel 16:7 CEB

Little River - Smokey Mountains

 

So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he

neither ate bread nor drank water.  And He wrote on the

tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

Exodus 34:28 NKJV

Matanzas River - Breaking Light

Then your light will break forth like the dawn,

and your healing will quickly appear;

Then your righteousness will go before you,

and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard,

Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; 

you will cry for help, and He will say:  Here am I.

Isaiah 58:8-9

Fort Matanzas Beach - “A Light has Dawned”

 The people walking in darknesses have seen a great light;

On those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.

Isaiah 5:2

Sierra Nevada Mountains - “The Sleepless Guardian”

“He is an almighty Watcher, a sleepless Guardian, a faithful Friend.”

C.H. Spurgeon 

You will not fear the terror of night,
Nor the pestilence that stalks on the darkness,
Nor the plague that destroys at midday.
A thousand may fall at your side,
Ten thousand at your right hand,

But it will not come near you.

Psalm 91:8-7 NIV

Yosemite - “ I am the Door”

 I am the Door.

If anyone enters by me,

He will be saved.

And will go in and out

And find pasture.

John 10:9

Matanzas River - “Believe in Him”

 

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and  only Son. 

John 3:16-18 NIV

California Coast - “Blessings and Woes”

 

Looking at his disciples, he said:

"Blessed are you who are poor,

for yours is the kingdom of God.

Blessed are you who hunger now,

for you will be satisfied.

Blessed are you who weep now,

for you will laugh.

Blessed are you when men hate you,

when they exclude you and insult you

and reject your name as evil,

because of the Son of Man.

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy,

because great is your reward in heaven. 

For that is how their fathers treated the

prophets.

But woe to you who are rich,

for you have already received 

your comfort.

Woe to you who are well fed now,

for you will go hungry.

Woe to you who laugh now,

for you will mourn and weep.

Woe to you when all men speak

well of you,

for that is how their fathers treated

the false prophets."

Luke 6:20-26 NIV

Cades Cove - "I am the Way and the Truth"

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.  If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well.  From now on, you do know him and have seen him."

Philip said, "Lord show us the Father and that will be enough for us."

Jesus answered:  "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time?  Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.  How can you say, 'Show us the Father?'  Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?  The words I say to you are not just my own.  Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.  Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves.  I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing.  He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.  And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.   You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

John 14:9-13 NIV

Smokey Mountains - "Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled"

 

"Do not let your hearts be troubled.  Trust in God' trust also in me.  In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you.  I am going there to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.  You know the way to the place where I am going."

John 14:1-4 NIV

Little River Road - “Let the Rivers Clap their Hands”

 

Let the sea resound, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it.
Let the rivers clap their hands,
let the mountains sing together for joy;
Let them sing before the Lord,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples with equity.

PSALM 95:7-9 NIV

Smokey Mountains - “A New Heart, A New Spirit”

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.  I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you, I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.  And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.

Ezekiel 36:25-27
 

Artist Crystal Michelle Fallin Artwork

 

Crystal’s artwork “Tulips in Blue Vases.”  The composition consist of 8 sections of flowers, vases, and cabins.  It has an modern abstract feel with the shapes, lines and dimensions of the different objects against the wall and background.  Crystal was in the third grade age 8 in 1993 when she did this artwork  She was gifted at an early age in drawing and selecting primary, secondary and complementary colors.

Matanzas Beachfront

 Walking the beachfront a new day has begun.

Blue Ridge Mountains - “A Voice Calling in the Wilderness”

 

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."  This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:

"A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
'Prepare the way for the Lord,
Make straight paths for him.'"

John's clothes were made of camel's hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist.  His food was locusts an wild honey.

Matthew 3:1-4

A voice of one calling:

"In the wilderness prepare

the way for the Lord;

make straight in the desert

a highway for our God.

Every valley shall be raised up,

every mountain and hill made low;

the rough ground shall become level,

the rugged places a plain,

And the glory of the Lord will be revealed,

and all people will see it together.

For the mouth of the Lord has spoken."

Isaiah 40:3-5

Dance of Sorrow and Joy

Beloved Daughter

Crystal Michelle Fallin

June 19, 1984 - Newman, Georgia

August 18, 2019 - The Valley, Anguilla 

In Loving Memory 

 

Rocky Mountains- “Delivered from the Mouth of the Lion”

 

At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me.  May it not be charged against them.  But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it.  So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.  And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safety into his heavenly kingdom.  To Him be the glory forever and ever.  Amen

2 Timothy 4:16-18 Berean Study Bible

Cape Coral - Rising of the Sun

 

I am the Lord, and there is no other;
besides me there is no god.
I arm you, though you do not know me,
so that they may know, from the rising of the sun
and from the west, there is no one besides me;
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
I form light and create darkness,
I make weal and create woe;
I the Lord do all these things.

Isaiah 45:5-7 NRSV

Milford Sound - Treasures of Darkness

 

I will go before you and level the mountains,
I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron,
I will give you the treasures of darkness 
and riches hidden in secret places, 
so that you may know that it is I, the Lord, 
the God of Israel, who call you by your name.

Isaiah 45:2-3 NRSV

Opunake Surf, New Zealand - “The Sea Divided”

 You divided the sea before them,
So they passed through the midst of the sea on dry ground;
And their pursuers You hurled into the depths,
Like a stone into raging waters.

And with a pillar of cloud you led them by day.

And with a pillar of fire by  night 

To light for them the way

In which they were to go.

Nehemiah 9:11-12 NAS

Rocky Mountains - “For By Him All Things were Created”

The Preeminence of Christ

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.  For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things were created through him and for him.  And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.  And he is the head of the body, the church.  He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.  For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

Colossians 1:15-20 ESV