The Cool of the Day

Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA

And they heard the voice of the Lord God

walking in the garden in the cool of the day...

Genesis 3:8

Lilies of the field

Dresden, OH

Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA

Dresden, OH

And why take ye thought for raiment?

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;

they toil not, neither do they spin:
And yet I say unto you,

That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Matthew 6:28-29

Flower of the field

Coshocton, OH

As for man, his days are as grass:

as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone;

and the place thereof shall know it no more.
But the mercy of the LORD is from

everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him,

and his righteousness unto children's children;
To such as keep his covenant,

and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

Psalm 103:15-18

Deep calls to deep

Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA

Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.

Psalm 42:7

Our dwelling place

Maine
Maine

New Hampshire

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
Before the mountains were brought forth,

or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,

even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Psalm 90:1-2

Wisdom of God

Portland, ME
Portland, ME

Portland, ME

Portland, ME

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!

How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been His counsellor?
Or who hath first given to Him, and it shall be recompensed unto Him again?
For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things:

to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

Romans 11:33-36

Trees of the field

Hawk Mt., Kempton, PA

Hawk Mt., Kempton, PA

Hawk Mt., Kempton, PA

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace:

the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing,

and all the trees of the field shall clap [their] hands.
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree,

and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree:

and it shall be to the LORD for a name,

for an everlasting sign [that] shall not be cut off.

Isaiah 55:12-13

Remember

Flowers at World War II Memorial, DC

World War II Memorial, DC

Korean War Memorial, DC

Poppy - DC

In Flanders Fields

By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

Blessed Assurance

Hawk Mountain, Kempton, PA

Blessèd assurance, Jesus is mine!

O what a foretaste of glory divine!

Heir of salvation, purchase of God,

Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

This is my story, this is my song,

Praising my Savior, all the day long;

This is my story, this is my song,

Praising my Savior, all the day long.

Perfect submission, perfect delight,

Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;

Angels descending bring from above

Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

Perfect submission, all is at rest

I in my Savior am happy and blest,

Watching and waiting, looking above,

Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.

words by Fanny Crosby

My help

Hawk Mt., Kempton, PA

Psalm 121

A song of ascents.
I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;
indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord watches over you—
the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
The Lord will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;
the Lord will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.

Without excuse

Joshua Tree, CA

Julian, CA

Julian, CA

For since the creation of the world

God's invisible qualities

-his eternal power and divine nature-

have been clearly seen,

being understood from what has been made,

so that men are without excuse.

Romans 1:20

Spring!

For winter's rains and ruins are over,
And all the season of snows and sins;
The days dividing lover and lover,
The light that loses, the night that wins;
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten,
And in green underwood and cover
Blossom by blossom the spring begins.

by Algernon Charles Swinburne

Daffodils

Daffodils

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills.

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the Milky Way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a boy:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance

The waves beside them danced, but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay

In such a jocund company;

I gazed--and gazed--but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

by William Wordsworth

The wonders...

Hershey Gardens, PA

Lyman, ME

Manheim, PA

Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders you have done.
The things you planned for us no one can recount to you;

Were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare.

Psalm 40:5

Forevermore endure...

Hershey Gardens, PA

Weeping Cherry Tree
Manheim, PA

Dogwood Tree

Manheim, PA

O love of God, how rich and pure!

How measureless and strong!

It shall forevermore endure

The saints’ and angels’ song.

by Frederick M. Lehman