dark orange and yellow giant sunflower John 3:17 Christian Standard Bible 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

Saved By the Son

ByMary

John 3:17 CSB For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. The Word of God, The Bible, is often referred to as the Good News. Maybe we should call it the BEST News, just because of this verse. So many people associate God…

very large fall log with a hole through the center with a small boy peeking through from the other side Jeremiah 29:13 NIV You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Where is the Treasure?

ByMary

Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harpers Ferry, Ia Jeremiah 29:13 NIV You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. For over 1000 years, people have been searching for the lost silver of Egil Skallagrímsson. A Viking, born in Iceland, Egil was a warrior, farmer, poet, and berserker.  According to Histories…

golden sunrise lights up the snow covered South Sister mountain Lamentations 3:22-23 Good News Translation 22 The Lord's unfailing love and mercy still continue, 23 Fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise.

Fresh Mornings

ByMary

South Sister, Three Sisters Wilderness, OR Lamentations 3:22-23 GNT The Lord’s unfailing love and mercy still continue, Fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise. Today, I wasn’t the best version of myself. I said things I shouldn’t have and didn’t say what I should have said. I left things unfinished and messy. I wished…

petroglyphs at Petrified National Forest, AZ Luke 19:39-40 ISV Some of the Pharisees in the crowd told Jesus, Teacher, tell your disciples to be quiet. He replied, I tell you, if they were quiet, the stones would cry out!

The Stones Are Speaking

ByMary

Petroglyphs at the Petrified Forest National Park, AZ Luke 19:39-40 ISV Some of the Pharisees in the crowd told Jesus, “Teacher, tell your disciples to be quiet.” He replied, “I tell you, if they were quiet, the stones would cry out!” There are tens of thousands of petroglyphs at the Petrified Forest National Park, AZ….

Isaiah 55:10-11 New International Version 10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, 11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. Red raspberries hang from their green branches

God’s Will Be Done

ByMary

Isaiah 55:10-11 NIV 10 As the rain and the snow    come down from heaven,and do not return to it    without watering the earthand making it bud and flourish,    so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:    It will not return to me empty,but will accomplish what I desire    and achieve…

Hosea 10:12 GNT Plow new ground for yourselves, plant righteousness, and reap the blessings that your devotion to me will produce. It is time for you to turn to me, your Lord, and I will come and pour out blessings upon you. pumpkin patch in the foreground cornfield in the middle ground and Smith Rock State Park in the background

It Runs Like a Deere

ByMary

Smith Rock Ranch, Terrebonne, OR Hosea 10:12 GNT Plow new ground for yourselves, plant righteousness, and reap the blessings that your devotion to me will produce. It is time for you to turn to me, your Lord, and I will come and pour out blessings upon you. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, “The plow is the most…

sunset with a chain breaking and morphing into flying doves and reads Let Go Jesus said so Philippians 4:6-7

Let Go

ByMary

Philippians 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.