Abrams Creek Waterfall - “My Soul Finds Rest in God”

Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. 

Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. 

How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence? 

Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse.

Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. 

Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.

Psalm 62:1-6

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

Earth Day - “Fix Our Eyes Not On What is Seen”

 

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” —2 Corinthians 4:16‭-‬18 (NIV)

Washington Oaks State Park - “Reaching Forward”

 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 
Philippians 3:13-14

Earth Day - “In His Hands are the Depths of the Earth”

 In his hand are the depths of the earth,

    and the mountain peaks belong to him.

Psalm 95:4

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

Broyhill Walking Park,Lenoir, North Carolina - “The Spring of Life”

But your loyal love, LORD, extends to the skies; your faithfulness reaches the clouds. 6 Your righteousness is like the strongest mountains; your justice is like the deepest sea. LORD, you save both humans and animals. 7 Your faithful love is priceless, God! Humanity finds refuge in the shadow of your wings. 8 They feast on the bounty of your house; you let them drink from your river of pure joy. 9 Within you is the spring of life. In your light, we see light.

Psalm 36:5-9

Lake Columbine, Grand Lake, Colorado - “I Will Give You Rest”

 

And he said,  “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Exodus 33:14

Horseshoe Reservoir, Rotary Park - “For You I Wait All the Day Long”

 Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.

Psalm 25:15

Horseshoe Reservoir, Fort Collins, Colorado - “The Earth is the Lord’s”

 The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof,
the world and those who dwell therein, 
and established it upon the rivers.

Psalm 24:1-2

Washington Oaks State Park - ‘The Soul Who Seeks Him”

 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.

Lamentations 3:25

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

Matanzas River, Shores Waterfront Park - “I Have Heard Your Prayers and Seen Your Tears”

 

“Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the LORD.

2 Kings 20:5

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. 

He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out and defects to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be as a prize to him. 

For I have set My face against this city for adversity and not for good," says the Lord. "It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire." ' 

“And concerning the house of the king of Judah, say, 'Hear the word of the Lord, 

O house of David! Thus says the Lord: "Execute judgment in the morning; And deliver him who is plundered Out of the hand of the oppressor, Lest My fury go forth like fire And burn so that no one can quench it, Because of the evil of your doings. 

“Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, And rock of the plain," says the Lord, "Who say, 'Who shall come down against us? Or who shall enter our dwellings?' 

But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings," says the Lord; "I will kindle a fire in its forest, And it shall devour all things around it." 

Jeremiah 21:8-14

Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina - “The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things”

  The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?  I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 17:9-10

Grand Tetons, Wyoming - “Hear and Give Ear”

Hear and give ear: Do not be proud, For the Lord has spoken. 

Give glory to the Lord your God Before He causes darkness, And before your feet stumble On the dark mountains, And while you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death And makes it dense darkness.

Jeremiah 13:15-16

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

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)

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”

 

And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Philippians 2:8

looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:2

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.”

Matthew 26:36-46

Jewel Lake Trail - “The LORD is Good, a Refuge in Times of Trouble”

The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on his foes and vents his wrath against his enemies. 

The LORD is slow to anger but great in power; the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet. 

He rebukes the sea and dries it up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither and the blossoms of Lebanon fade. 

The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it. 

Who can withstand his indignation? Who can endure his fierce anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; the rocks are shattered before him. 

The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him,

Nahum 1:2-7

 

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

 

Pellicer Creek Canoe Trail - “Seek the LORD”

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.

Zephaniah 2:3

 

Horseshoes Falls - “Love One Another”

Jesus said, “As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”

JOHN 13:34 (NIV)

 

Rocky Mountains - “The Son of Man came to Serve”

 

The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve. 

Matthew 20:28