THOMAS TROCK - The Outdoors From a Different Perspective
Then, at his command, it all melts. He sends his winds, and the ice thaws. Psalm 147:18 NLT Signs of a long awaited, and much welcomed, thaw are beginning to reach my small corner of the world. There is still a lot of snow in the high country. Several feet, actually. But in the foothills […]
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Each springtime in the mountains where I live, new activity seems to creep in from most every direction. Things that have looked bleak and dark and grey for months appear to take on a […]
“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.” Isaiah 1:18 I took this picture of a snowshoe hare last year whilst hiking the mountains with Star the Wonderdog. It […]
Even if my father and mother abandon me, the LORD will hold me close. Psalm 27:10 NLT A few days ago my next door neighbor called me over to his yard. At the edge of his garden lay the above pictured fawn, curled up in a ball and trying to look invisible. I took […]
As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died. It doesn’t matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we have been […]
Oh, sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth. Ps 96:1 When we first moved here several years ago, I rarely saw or heard a wild turkey while hiking. As the years went by, the turkeys have done very well for themselves. They are not native to where […]
Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new…” Revelation 21:5 One of the welcome signs of spring in my part of the world is the flowering of the trillium. After months of early darkness, along with ice and snow, seeing a trillium blooming in the mountains is just […]