Mighty

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is in your midst,
     a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
    he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.

God is with me

Joshua 1:9(ESV) Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

*Those who know me will understand how this verse and picture relate.

Bear Cub

Proverbs 28:15 (ESV)
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Bear Cub at Bear Country South Dakota

Fun playing Grizzly

Lamentations 3:10 (ESV)
He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding;

Grizzly at Bear Country South Dakota

Everything Beautiful

Ecclesiastes 3:11 (ESV)

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

Rosie

1 Timothy 4:12 (ESV)

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Bear Cub at Bear Country SD that Katelyn named Rosie

Word of God stands forever

Isaiah 40:8 (ESV)

The grass withers, the flower fades,
    but the word of our God will stand forever.

Flower in Badlands South Dakota

Grizzly

Isaiah 59:11 (ESV)
We all growl like bears; we moan and moan like doves; we hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

Grizzly at Bear Country South Dakota

Dam

Job 28:11 (ESV)
He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light.

Dworshak Dam in Orefino Idaho

Badlands

Psalm 96:6 (ESV) 

Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Badlands SD

Tree planted by the Water

Jeremiah 17:7-8 (ESV)

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
     whose trust is the Lord.
He is like a tree planted by water,
    that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
    for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
    for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

Idaho Beauty ~ need I say more?!?

Macaw ~ 2 by 2

Genesis 6:20 (ESV)
Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive.

Henry Vilas Zoo

barn

Proverbs 3:9-11 (ESV)

Honor the Lord with your wealth
    and with the firstfruits of all your produce;
then your barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your vats will be bursting with wine.

My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline
    or be weary of his reproof,

Barn that my parent's farmed when I was born

Flower

Isaiah 62:3
You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

Hydrangea at Olbrich Gardens Madison WI

Honey

Numbers 14:8 (ESV)
If the LORD delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and honey.

Henry Villas Zoo Beehive

Plow

Genesis 3:17-19 (ESV)

And to Adam he said,

“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
    and have eaten of the tree
of which I commanded you,
    ‘You shall not eat of it,’
cursed is the ground because of you;
     in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
    and you shall eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your face
    you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
    for out of it you were taken;
for you are dust,
    and to dust you shall return.”

Plow on my parent's property

Which Direction

1 Corinthians 16:6 (ESV)
and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may help me on my journey, wherever I go.

Direction sign in Pierce Idaho

Lilacs

Psalms 85:11 (ESV) Faithfulness springs up from the ground, and righteousness looks down from the sky.

Lilac bush in my backyard

WI river

Psalm 98:8 (ESV)

Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together

View of the Wisconsin river by Boscobel from my helicopter ride

path

2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Lake Michigan Beach near Rawley Point, WI