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

Yosemite Falls, California - “Be Not Conformed to this World”

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Romans 12:2

Grand Tetons, Wyoming - “It Shall be Said In that Day, Lo this is our God”

 

And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

Isaiah 25:9

Juney Whank Falls, Deep Creek Loop Trail, Smokey Mountains - “Love Brings Freedom”

1 Let my whole being bless the LORD! Let everything inside me bless his holy name! 2 Let my whole being bless the LORD and never forget all his good deeds: 3 how God forgives all your sins, heals all your sickness, 4 saves your life from the pit, crowns you with faithful love and compassion, 5 and satisfies you with plenty of good things so that your youth is made fresh like an eagle’s.

Psalm 103:1-5

Brasstown Bald Mountain, Appalachian Mountains - “Our Comforter In Times Of Trouble”

 

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble.

2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4 (NIV)

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

Old Fall Rivers Road, Rocky Mountains - He Who Drinks Will Never Thirst

But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

John 4:14

Chief Joseph Scenic Byway, Absaroka Mountains - “The LORD God is My Strength and My Song”

 

  “Behold, God is my salvation; 
I will trust, and will not be afraid; 
for the Lord God is my strength and my song, 
and he has become my salvation.”

Isaiah 12:2

Bad Axe, Michigan - “There Shall Come Forth a Rod out of the stem of Jesse”

 

And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding,the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

Isaiah 11:1-4

“See How the Flowers of the Field Grow”

 

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 

Matthew 6:25-30

Pointe Aux Barques, Lake Huron, Michigan - “If You Lack Wisdom”

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”

 James 1:5

 

Lake Huron, Port Austin, Michigan - “The Gift”

 

By grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.

EPHESIANS 2:8 (NIV)

Moultrie Creek, Shores Drive Park - “I See the Heavens Opened”

  

But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,  And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

Acts 7:55-56

Amicalola Falls State Park, Georgia - “He will be called…Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace”

For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

Crescent Beach, Florida - “In the Land of Deep Darkness a Light has Dawned”

 

Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan—

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.

Isaiah 9:1-2

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.

Harbor Beach, Lake Huron, Michigan. - “Wait for the Lord”

Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

Psalm 27:14

Matanzas Inlet - “When You Pass Through the Waters”

But now, this is what the LORD says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. 

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.

Isaiah 43:1-2

Houston River, Arbingdon, Virginia - “I Will Trust and not be Afraid”

 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid.  The LORD, the LORD himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.
Isaiah 12:2

Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park, Canada - “Universe Formed at God’s Command”

 

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Hebrews 11:3