Jasper Park, Canada - Ten Thousand Years and Forevermore

 

And on that day when my strength is failing

The end draws near and my time has come

Still, my soul will sing Your praise unending

Then thousand years and then forevermore

Excerpt:  Ten Thousand Reasons by Matt Redman

Psalm 30:12 NASB95

That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O' Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

Psalm 86:12 NASB95

I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart.
And will glorify Your name forever.

Psalm 145:21 NSAB95

My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
And all flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever.

Fort Matanzas Beach - The Sun Comes Up, It's a New Day Dawning

The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning

It's time to sing Your song again

Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me

Let me be singing when the evening comes.

Excerpt:  10,000 Reasons by Matt Redman

Psalm 34:1 NASB95

I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Lamentations 3:22 -23 NASB95
The Lord's loving kindness indeed never cease,
for HIs compassion never fail.
They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.

Pikes Peak - The Path of Life

 

I keep my eyes always on the Lord.  With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.  Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me  to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.  You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Psalm 16:18-11 NIV

Pikes Peak - You Knew Me before I was Born

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.  I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.  My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.  Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

Psalm 139:13-16 ESV

Continental Divide - Broken Beauty

 

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

Psalm 139:14 NIV

When my daughter died, I feel my heart has been broken into a thousand pieces.  God's promise is that Jesus can take our broken pieces and heal our brokenness and give us purpose.  

Thought for today:  God can heal my brokenness and give me purpose.

Marquette Lighthouse - Wings of the Morning

If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the 

farthest limits f the sea, even there your had shall lead me, 

and your right hand shalt hold me fast.

Psalm 139:9-10 NRSV

Appalachian Foothills

He who dwells in the shelter

of the Most High

will rest in the shadow of

the Almighty.

I will say of the LORD, "He 

is my refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust.

Psalm 91:1-2

If you make the Most High 

your dwelling--

even the LORD, who is my 

refuge--

then no harm will befall you,

no disaster will come near your tent.

For he will command his 

angels concerning you 

to guard you in all your ways;

they will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike

your foot against a stone.

You will tread upon the lion 

and the cobra;

you will trample the great 

lion and the serpent.

"Because he loves me," 

says the LORD, 

"I will rescue him;

I will protect him, for he

acknowledges my name.

He will call upon me, and I

will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble,

I will deliver him and honor him.

With long life will I satisfy him

and show him my salvation."

Psalm 91:9-16 NIV

Rocky Mountains - The Chariots of God

 

The mountains of Bashan are majestic 

mountains; rugged are the mountains of 

Bashan.  

Why gaze in envy, O rugged 

mountains at the mountain where God

chooses to reign, where the LORD himself 

will dwell forever?

The chariots of God are tens of thousands

and thousands of thousands;  the LORD

has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.

When you ascended on high, you led

captives in your train; you received gifts 

from men, even from the rebellious--

that you, O LORD of God,

might dwell there.

Psalm 68:15-18 NIV

Matthew Henry said of this passage that "'Angels are the chariots of God; his chariots of war, which he makes use of against his enemies, his chariots of conveyance, which he sends for his friends as he did for Elijah...his chariots of state, in the midst of which he shows his glory and power.  they are vastly numerous:  "Twenty thousands; even thousands multiplied."

Horseshoe Park

 

Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 23:4 NIV

Trail Ridge Road - Which Path?

 

Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.

Psalm 119:35 NIV

Lake Wanaka, South Island - "And the Mountains fall into the Heart of the Sea..."

 

God is our refuge and strength,
an ever present help in trouble,
Therefore we will not fear,
though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into
the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake
with their surging.

Psalm 46:1-3 NIV

Beyond the Galaxies

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?

Psalm 8:3-4 NRSV

He Calms the Storm

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, 

and he brought them out of their distress.
He stilled the storm to a whisper;
the waves of the sea were hushed.
They were glad when it grew calm,
and he guided them to their desired haven.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for mankind.

Psalms 107:28-31

The High Country - "Joy Comes in the Morning"

 Sing praise to the Lord,
you saints of His,
And give thanks at the
remembrance of His holy name.

For HIs anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for life;
Weeping may endure for a night,
But joy comes in the morning.

Psalm 30:4-5

The upper north region of North Carolina is called "The High Country" because of the Blue Ridge Mountain range.  There are a many old trucks left abandon and empty old farms. They become entangled with vines and shrubbery and are part of the landscape.

Voice of the Seas

Your throne was established long ago;

you are from all eternity.

The seas have lifted up, Lord,
the seas have lifted up their voice;
the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
Mightier than the thunder of the great waters,
mightier than the breakers of the sea --
the Lord on high is mighty.

~Psalm 93:2-4  NIV

Whom Shall I Fear?

Psalm 27  "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?  The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?"

Crystal Michelle Fallin Bookmark Psalm 23

La Maurice National Park

Psalm 46:4

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the most high dwells.

"Beside the Still Waters"

The Lord is My Shepherd

A Psalm of David (Psalm 23)

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.  He leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul.  He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou prepares a table before me in the presence of mine enemies;  thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

"Streams of Water"

"As the deer pants for streams of water,

so my soul pants for you, my God."  Psalm 42:1