Smith Rock State Park, Terrebonne, OR Psalm 23 NKJV The Lord the Shepherd of His People A Psalm of David. 23 The Lord is my shepherd;I shall not want.2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;He leads me beside the still waters.3 He restores my soul;He leads me in the paths of righteousnessFor His name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the…
Slow Down! Mt. Washington, OR Psalm 46:10 He says, Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. On your mark, get set, go! We are a people that are on the move and on the run! We race against the clock…
Feeling down? Need an extra boost of hope? These 5 Psalms are full of hope and promise! Psalm 103:11-12 CSB 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,so great is his faithful lovetoward those who fear him.12 As far as the east is from the west,so far has he removedour transgressions from us. Psalm…
Before Jesus asks us to bear fruit, He wants us to love. Without love, the fruit we bear is not authentic – it’s just works for the sake of works. Therefore, is it even fruit?
John 8:36 If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. When I first saw this guy, I tried to help him up and over the rail to freedom. He wouldn’t go. Then, I tried to get him to go under the rail. He still wouldn’t go. It seemed the more I tried,…
Hindman Barn, Camp Polk Preserve, Sisters, OR Matthew 6:19-21 GNT Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal. Instead, store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal. For your heart will always…
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…
1 Peter 1:24-25 NIV All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever. I love my wildflower garden. The pops of color are a welcome sight to my eyes in the otherwise muted desert. But…
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…
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…
