Mark 1:17

And Jesus said to them, "Follow me and I will make you fish for people."
Mark 1:17

Pelicans, Litchfield Beach, South Carolina, December 2013

Isaiah 38:9

O LORD, all my longing is known to you;
my sighing is not hidden from you.
Psalm 39:8

Seagull on Litchfield Beach, South Carolina, December 2013

Isaiah 44:22

I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,
and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.
Isaiah 44:22

"After The Rain"
Litchfield Beach, South Carolina, December 2013

Hebrews 4:9

Julia Butterfly on Spanish Needle, Chapel Trail Nature Preserve, Pembroke Pines, Florida, December 2013

So then, a sabbath rest still remains for the people of God
Hebrews 4:9

Luke 13:34

Purple Gallinules, Chapel Trail Nature Preserve, Pembroke Pines, Florida, December 2013

I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.
Luke 13:34

Luke 6:41

Ibis, Chapel Trail Natural Area, Pembroke Pines, Florida, December 2013

Why do you see the speck in your neighbor's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye?
Luke 6:41

Luke 19:10

Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.
Luke 19:10

Psalm 95: 6-7a

Anhinga, Shark Valley Visitor's area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

O come, let us worship and bow down,let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!
For he is our God,and we are the people of his pasture,
Psalm 95: 6-7a

Hebrews 11:1-3

Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.
Hebrews 11:1-3

Isaiah 60:1

Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

Arise, shine; for your light has come,and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you

Isaiah 60:1

Luke 12:40

Viceroy Butterfly, Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.
Luke 12:40

Luke 6:43-45a

No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good
Luke 6:43-45a

James 1:13-16

Snake, Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

No one, when tempted, should say, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one. But one is tempted by one's own desire, being lured and enticed by it; then, when that desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and that sin, when it is fully grown, gives birth to death. Do not be deceived, my beloved.

James 1:13-16

Isaiah 29:16

Skipper Butterfly, Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

You turn things upside down!

Shall the potter be regarded as the clay?

Shall the thing made say of its maker,"He did not make me";

or the thing formed say of the one who formed it,"He has no understanding"?

Isaiah 29:16

Romans 11:20b

Viceroy Butterfly, Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

you stand only through faith. So do not become proud, but stand in awe. 
Romans 11:20b

1 Corinthians 2:1-3

Golden Orb Weaver, Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling.

2 Corinthians 9:8

Julia butterfly, Chapel Trail Nature Preserve, Pembroke Pines, Florida, November 2013

And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.

Psalm 105:4

Blue Heron, Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013
Seek the LORD and his strength;seek his presence continually
Psalm 105:4

Genesis 18:14a

Gulf Fritillary Butterfly, Chapel Trail Nature Preserve, Pembroke Pines, Florida, November 2013

Is anything too wonderful for the LORD? 
Genesis 18:14a

Psalm 75:1a

Sunset over the Intercoastal, Hollywood Florida, March 2013

We give thanks to you, O God;we give thanks!
Psalm 75:1a

Galatians 6:9

Wildflower, Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9

Psalm 57:5

White Peacock Butterfly, Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens.Let your glory be over all the earth.
Psalm 57:5

Ephesians 3:14-17

Rootedness in the rich love of Christ
http://thelivinggospel.blogspot.com/2013/11/ephesians-314-17.html

Ephesians 3:14-17

Viceroy Butterfly, Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.
Ephesians 3:14-17

Isaiah 43: 1-2a

Chapel Trail Nature Preserve, Pembroke Pines, Florida, November 2013

But now thus says the LORD,he who created you, O Jacob,he who formed you, O Israel:Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;I have called you by name, you are mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
Isaiah 43:1-2a

Romans 15:7

Climbing Aster, Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
Romans 15:7

Psalm 118:1-6a

American Alligator, Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;his steadfast love endures forever!
Let Israel say,"His steadfast love endures forever."
Let the house of Aaron say,"His steadfast love endures forever."
Let those who fear the LORD say,"His steadfast love endures forever."
Out of my distress I called on the LORD;the LORD answered me and set me in a broad place.
With the LORD on my side I do not fear.
Psalm 118:1-6a

Colossians 3:10-11

Red Dragonfly, Chapel Trail Nature Preserve, Pembroke Pines, Florida, November 2013

[You] have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all!
Colossians 3:10-11

Ephesians 4:24

Red Maple, Silver Trail Nature Preserve, Pembroke Pines, Florida, November 2013 

Clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
Ephesians 4:24

Psalm 39:7

Waiting, Hope, and our Lord
http://thelivinggospel.blogspot.com/2013/11/psalm-397.html

Psalm 39:7

Great Blue Heron, Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

And now, O LORD, what do I wait for?My hope is in you.
Psalm 39:7

Jeremiah 29:11-14a

Blue Heron, Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart, I will let you find me, says the LORD,
Jeremiah 29:11-14a

Psalm 126

Anhinga, Shark Valley Visitor's Area, Everglades National Park, November 2013

PSALM 126
When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion,we were like those who dream.
²Then our mouth was filled with laughter,and our tongue with shouts of joy;then it was said among the nations,"The LORD has done great things for them."
³The LORD has done great things for us,and we rejoiced.
⁴Restore our fortunes, O LORD,like the watercourses in the Negeb.
⁵May those who sow in tearsreap with shouts of joy.
⁶Those who go out weeping,bearing the seed for sowing,shall come home with shouts of joy,carrying their sheaves

Colossians 9b-11

Poisonwood Tree, Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park, November 2013

you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all!
Colossians 3:9b-11

Psalm 16:11a

Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park, November 2013

You show me the path of life.In your presence there is fullness of joy
Psalm 16:11a

In the moments and activities that frame your day, where have you been intentional in entering into the presence of the Lord in order to experience the joy to be found there?

Jeremiah 17:7-8

On a winter bike ride, December 2012

Blessed are those who trust in the LORD,whose trust is the LORD.

     They shall be like a tree planted by water,

sending out its roots by the stream.

It shall not fear when heat comes,

and its leaves shall stay green;

in the year of drought it is not anxious,

and it does not cease to bear fruit.

Jeremiah 17:7-8

2 Corinthians 4:5-6

Ice caves, Grottos Trail, near Aspen, Colorado, October 2013

For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus' sake. For it is the God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:5-6

Matthew 7:7

Ice caves, Grottos Trail, near Aspen, Colorado, October 2013

Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 
Matthew 7:7

What do we fear most, that God will not grant our need or that we have asked for the wrong thing? Our God is gracious enough to grant us the faith to believe, faith to overcome our fears and hesitations, gracious enough to accept our life of belief and unbelief, of trust and doubt. 

Psalm 42

An Aspen Morning, Colorado, October 2013

The Forty-Second Psalm

As a deer longs for flowing streams,

so my soul longs for you, O God.

²My soul thirsts for God,

for the living God.

When shall I come and behold

the face of God?

³My tears have been my food

day and night,

while people say to me continually,

"Where is your God?"

⁴These things I remember,

as I pour out my soul:

how I went with the throng,

and led them in procession to the house of God,

with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving,

a multitude keeping festival.

⁵Why are you cast down, O my soul,

and why are you disquieted within me?

Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,

my help ⁶and my God.

My soul is cast down within me;

therefore I remember you

from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,

from Mount Mizar.

⁷Deep calls to deep

at the thunder of your cataracts;

all your waves and your billows

have gone over me.

⁸By day the LORD commands his steadfast love,

and at night his song is with me,

a prayer to the God of my life.

⁹I say to God, my rock,

"Why have you forgotten me?

Why must I walk about mournfully

because the enemy oppresses me?"

¹⁰As with a deadly wound in my body,

my adversaries taunt me,

while they say to me continually,

"Where is your God?"

¹¹Why are you cast down, O my soul,

and why are you disquieted within me?

Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,

my help and my God.