THOMAS TROCK - The Outdoors From a Different Perspective
He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes; He casts out His hail like morsels; who can stand before His cold? Psalm 147:16-17 Some years ago, back when I may have known more than I know now, I often thought I’d like to just wander off into the mountains during the summer […]
He directs the snow to fall on the earth and tells the rain to pour down. Job 37:6 There is a scene in “A Charlie Brown Christmas” where some of the characters discuss trying to catch snowflakes on their tongues. Lucy proclaims that she never tries to catch snowflakes in December. She always waits until […]
For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return […]
For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. Romans 8:19 NLT Sometimes while I’m pushing snow around the yard we get some interesting visitors. My wife took this picture from our dining room window a few years ago. I’m not sure if the sound […]
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. Jeremiah 8:50 It has been cold in the mountains of late. I saw this old homestead a couple of days ago and had to stop and try to capture the setting in a picture. Seeing the broken down timbers and open windows […]
And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins. So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and […]
We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair 2 Corinthians 4:8 I’ve been blessed to travel to many places, but Alaska was never one of them. Until now. This summer/fall my wife and I had the privilege of visiting Port Alsworth on Lake Clark. There we […]