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.