"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.
Nature and Landscape Photography, Photographic Journal of Biblical and Poetic Expressions
Pikes Peak
Monday, April 17, 2023
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.
Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina - “The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things”
Grand Tetons, Wyoming - “Hear and Give Ear”
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
Sunday, April 9, 2023
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) |
Friday, April 7, 2023
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
Shores Waterfront Park - “Tree of Shame”
Matanzas River, Crescent Bridge - Good Friday
Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane. He said to the disciples, “Stay here while I go and pray over there.” When he took Peter and Zebedee’s two sons, he began to feel sad and anxious. Then he said to them, “I’m very sad. It’s as if I’m dying. Stay here and keep alert with me.” Then he went a short distance farther and fell on his face and prayed, “My Father, if it’s possible, take this cup of suffering away from me. However—not what I want but what you want.” He came back to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, “Couldn’t you stay alert one hour with me? Stay alert and pray so that you won’t give in to temptation. The spirit is eager, but the flesh is weak.” A second time he went away and prayed, “My Father, if it’s not possible that this cup be taken away unless I drink it, then let it be what you want.” Again he came and found them sleeping. Their eyes were heavy with sleep. But he left them and again went and prayed the same words for the third time. Then he came to his disciples and said to them, “Will you sleep and rest all night? Look, the time has come for the Human One to be betrayed into the hands of sinners. Get up. Let’s go. Look, here comes my betrayer.”
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Jewel Lake Trail - “The LORD is Good, a Refuge in Times of Trouble”
Canopy Park - A Walk in the Woods - “Your Word, LORD, is Eternal”
Pellicer Creek Canoe Trail - “Seek the LORD”
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Matanzas River Sunset - “By His Wounds We are Healed”
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5
Monday, April 3, 2023
Garden of the Gods - “I am the Living One”
Favor Dykes Park - “I Am the Alpha and the Omega”
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Lake Irene, Rocky Mountains - “Behold, He is Coming with the Clouds”
Revelations 1:7
Kawuneeche Valley, Colorado River - “Who Is, and Who was, and Who is to Come”
John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne…
Revelations 1:4
Jekyll Island, Georgia - Choose to Rejoice
Though the fig tree doesn’t bloom, and there’s no produce on the vine; though the olive crop withers, and the fields don’t provide food . . . I will rejoice in the Lord. I will rejoice in the God of my deliverance. |
HABAKKUK 3:17-18 (CEB) |
Saturday, April 1, 2023
West Horseshoe Park - “Who Shall Separate Us from the Love of Christ?”
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? |
ROMANS 8:35 (NIV) |
Pellicer Creek - “God Knows Us”
Princess Place Preserve - “Living Signs”
God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years.” |
GENESIS 1:14 (NRSV) |
Friday, March 31, 2023
Colorado River Trailhead, Rocky Mountains - “Lost and Found”
If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? |
MATTHEW 18:12 (NIV) |
Estes Park, Rocky Mountains - “ Marked with a Seal”
Hiwassee River, Cherokee County - “Perfect Peace”
You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you.
Trust in the LORD forever,
for the LORD, the LORD himself,
is the Rock eternal.
Isaiah 26:3-4
Garden of the Gods - “Who Are You?”
John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’” |
JOHN 1:23 (NIV) |
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Pellicer Creek Paddle Trail - “Encourage One Another”
Historic Fort Matanzas - “I Stand at the Door and Knock”
Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
Old Barn, Abingdon, Virginia - “Great is Your Faithfulness”
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.
Middle Fork Holston River Abingdon, Virginia - “Do Not Be Anxious about Anything”
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.