Refuge from the Storm
It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm… Isaiah 4:6 NIV There seems to be a constant supply of cold and snow this winter in my …
Deer Stretch
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the …
Turkey Breath
“O LORD, you are the God who gives breath to all creatures. Please appoint a new man as leader for the community. Numbers 27:16 NLT When I can see the breath of a wild turkey, I know it is cold …
Eternity in Their Hearts
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 I’ve been very …
Joy and Peace
For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with peace; The mountains and the hills shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Isaiah 55:12 It …
Thanksgiving I – Surrounded by Turkeys
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard …
Wise Counsel
A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel. Proverbs 1:5 Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days. …
Veterans Day – WWII Vet Ben
And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. So he prospered. 2 Chronicles 31:21 November 11 …
Fall Colors I
By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. Hebrews 11:3 While we do not look at the things …
Elk Close-Up
I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber; …
Huckleberries
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and vegetation for the service of man, that he may bring forth food from the earth. These all wait for You, that You may give them their food in due season. …
The Recyclers
Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19 Many of the rivers not too far from …