THOMAS TROCK - The Outdoors From a Different Perspective
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. James 1:7 My vocabulary is a bit more limited than usual these days. Most every time I go around a corner, the word “WOW” just seems to […]
Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them. Psalm 111:2 NIV Leaves aren’t the only thing changing colors this time of year around my home. It’s time for the annual salmon spawning to take place in the nearby rivers. I know I’ve written about these remarkable fish […]
You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive… Psalm 68:18 Well no sooner did I post how evasive these blue-tailed skinks are than I manage to catch one in my own little hands! I was digging around the yard one day and lifted up the corner of a tarp to find this beautiful […]
For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. Colossians 1:15 Not sure why, but I’ve always liked frogs. Perhaps they remind me of summertime – school was […]
So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:21 Horned puffins are an ocean bird often found near islands in Alaska. During the winter, puffins range […]
Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3 The very first time I saw a water ouzel, I thought I’d killed it. No kidding. Long ago I was fishing alone in a remote area in the southwest corner of Yellowstone National […]
Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty? Job 11:7 We lived in our home a long time before we ever saw one of these critters, though I think we heard them many years prior to seeing one. Often when we’d walk out on our back patio in […]