Fort Matanzas Beach, Florida - "Be Like the Sun"

 O Lord may those who love you be like the sun as he rises in his might.

Judges 5:31

Chugach Mountains, Alaska - "Seek Me with All Your Heart"

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to proper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.   You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:11-13

Milford Sound, New Zealand - "King Over the Whole Earth"

 The LORD will be King over the whole earth.  On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name.

Zechariah 14:9

Mackinac Island - "The Eyes of the LORD"

 The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right, and his ears are opened to their prayers.

1 Peter 3:12

Jasper National Park - Believe from the Heart

 

That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.

Romans 10:9-10

Rocky Mountains - The Skies Proclaim the Work of his Hands

 

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Psalm 19:1

Rocky Mountains - Take to Heart

The Greatest Commandment

Jesus replied:  “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”

Matthew 22:37

Matamata New Zealand - Peace of Mind and Heart

 

" I am leaving you with a gift--peace of mind and heart.  And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give.  So don't be troubled or afraid."

John 14:27

Matamata, New Zealand - Sorrow turned into Joy

 

Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

John 16:20

Mangaotaki Rocks, New Zealand

 Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Psalm 61:2-3

Estes Park - Love Reaching to the Heavens

 

Your love, LORD,  reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.

Psalm 35:5

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

 

Jasper Park - Ask, Seek, Knock and the Door will be Opened

 

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.  Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?  Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?  If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Faher in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him?"

Matthew 7:7-11 

O Lord, My Strength and my Fortress

 

O Lord, my strength and my fortress,
my refuge in time of distress,
to you the nations will come
from the ends of the earth and say,
"Our fathers possessed nothing
but false gods, worthless idols
that did them no good.
Do men make their own gods?
Yes, but they are not gods."

Therefore I will teach them--

this time I will teach them

my power and might.

Then they will know

that my name is the LORD.

Jeremiah 16:19-21 NIV

You are My Hiding Place

 

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

Psalm 32:7

Through the Fog

The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”  Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”

1 Samuel 3:10-11 (NIV)

Angels of Mercy

Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others.  Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,

Philippians 2:4-5 (NRSV)

Praying for Ukraine — There is Hope

 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Psalm 63:7 NIV

Ukrainian Brothers and Sisters in Christ - Remember the Battle of Jericho!

Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

“Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, “What message does my Lord[a] have for his servant?”

The commander of the Lord’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

 Joshua 5:13-15

In Solidarity with Ukraine - “Do Not Fear, for I am with You”

 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.

Isaiah 41:10 NIV

We Stand with Ukraine - "The LORD your God is with you"

 

"Have I not commanded you:  Be strong and of good courage, do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."

Joshua 1:9

Pray for Ukraine - "Don't be Discouraged...for the Battle is not Yours, but God's"

 

This is what the LORD says:  Do not be afraid!  Don't be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God's.

2 Chronicles 20:15t

Milford Sound - Call To Me, And I Will Answer

 Call To Me, and I will Answer You, and show You great and mighty things, which You do not know.

Jeremiah 33:3 

Ponte Vedra - He Calms the Storm

 

He calms the storm, So that its waves are still.

Psalms 107:29

Spiritual Dance - “For You, Lord, are Most High above All the Earth”

 

For You, Lord, are the most high above all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.

Psalms 97:9

Grand Tetons - The God on the Mountain Is also God in the Valleys

 

He holds in His hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains.

Psalm 95:4

In the beginning was the Word

 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was with God in the beginning.  Through him all things were made, without him nothing was made that has been made.  In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

John 1:1-5 NIV

The One Who Sees Me

 

She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her:  “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”

Genesis 16:13 NIV

"Ask, Seek, Knock"

 Jesus said, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."

Matthew 7:7 NIV

Chugach Mountains - The Earth is the LORD’S

 

The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

Psalm 24:1-2

Cades Cove - The Beginning of Wisdom

 

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding.  To him belongs eternal praise.

Psalm 111:10 NIV

"Take Heart! I have Overcome the World."

 

Jesus said, "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.  In this world you will have trouble.  But take heart!  I have overcome the world."

John 16:33 NIV

Her Absence Is Like the Sky

 

Crystal Michelle Fallin (June 19, 1984 - August 18, 2019)

Loving Memory 

“Take Courage! It is I”

But Jesus immediately said to them:  “Take courage!  It is I.  Don’t be afraid.”

Matthew 14:27

A Heart of Love - Beartooth Mountains

 I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power...to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:17-19 NIV

Top of the World - Love One Another

 Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.  By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

John 13:34-35 NRSV

Counting the Days - Sunset Cape Coral

Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 90:12