Philippians 3:20 GNT We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven. An American flag is displayed from a home with red white and blue flowers on the porch, pine treen in the background, and mountains in the distance

United We Stand

Philippians 3:20 GNT We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven. If you can remember it, right after 9-11 happened, the country was unified in a way I had never seen! So, it breaks my heart that today it seems we are…

Galatians 5:13 NLT Serve one another in love. Not Forgotten Fountain is part of the Military Working Dog Teams National Monument in San Antonio, TX. Features a soldier filling his combat helmet with water so his dog partner can get a drink. The dog has his paw on the man's leg.

Fountain of the Not Forgotten

Military Working Dog Teams National Monument in San Antonio, TX Galatians 5:13 NLT Serve one another in love. Not Forgotten Fountain is part of the Military Working Dog Teams National Monument in San Antonio, TX. This fully functional fountain can provide visiting canines a cool drink on a hot Texas day while serving as a reminder…

cloudy Three Sisters Mountains Isaiah 55:8-11 ISV For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. 9 For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For just as the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return there without watering the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, yielding seed for the sower and bread for eating, 11 so will my message be that goes out of my mouth— it won’t return to me empty. Instead, it will accomplish what I desire, and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

Languages We Speak

Three Sisters Mountains, Sisters, OR Isaiah 55:8-11 ISV For my thoughts are not your thoughts,     nor are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,     so are my ways higher than your ways,         and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 “For just…

statue of a soldier with helmet and m16 Ephesians 6:17 NLT Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

What to Wear

Military Working Dog Teams National Monument, San Antonio, TX Ephesians 6:17 NLT Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Would you head to work without your shoes?  My mom laughingly would recount the story about my first day of kindergarten. When I arrived…

lighthouse sits on barren ocean rock with waves in the foreground Matthew 7:24-25 GNT So then, anyone who hears these words of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, and the wind blew hard against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on rock.

Foundation Made of Rock

Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Newport, OR Matthew 7:24-25 GNT So then, anyone who hears these words of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, and the wind blew hard against that house. But it did not fall, because it was…

Open Bible Psalm 119:11-12 NIV I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Praise be to you, Lord; teach me your decrees.

Level 1 Evacuation

Psalm 119:11-12 NIVI have hidden your word in my heart    that I might not sin against you.Praise be to you, Lord;    teach me your decrees. I live in wildfire country. History is riddled with horrific tales of fires. According to Earth.org, “The Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin started on October 8, 1871 and burned around 1.2…

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?

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…

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

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….

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

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…