

Matthew 6:30 TLB And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, won’t he more surely care for you, O men of little faith? I was walking along the river trail and was struck by the beauty of these wild iris. Their pop of color in a wash of…
2 Corinthians 2:15-16 For we are like a sweet-smelling incense offered by Christ to God, which spreads among those who are being saved and those who are being lost. 16 For those who are being lost, it is a deadly stench that kills; but for those who are being saved, it is a fragrance that…
John 15:4 CSB Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. When it’s time to prune the peach tree, I don’t keep the branch. I keep the tree! Away from the…
Genesis 1:20-23 ESV 20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its…
Mt. St. Helen’s, WA Jonah 4:4 GNT The Lord answered, “What right do you have to be angry?” Lately it seems pretty easy to get angry. Oh, if people would just think clearly like me, right? Jonah was sent to deliver the Good News to some folks that he really didn’t like. Jonah didn’t want them to…
1 Samuel 16:7 NIV The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. As I walked along the beach, I saw this rock formation covered with barnacles, limpets, and clams. I thought it looked more like a shaggy old buffalo than an ocean rock! It…