Everglades National Park

Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishook, or press down its tongue with a cord? (Job 41:1)

Old Faithful - Yellowstone NP

I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations. For your steadfast love is as high as the heavens; your faithfulness extends to the clouds. (Psalm 57:9-10)

Great Smoky Mountains NP

Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your judgments are like the great deep; you save humans and animals alike, O Lord. (Psalm 36:6)

Arches NatPark - Storm

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out from their distress; he made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed. (Psalm 107:28-29)

El Capitan - Yosemite NP - CA

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the could a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, with him I am well-pleased; listen to him!" (Matthew 17:5)

Death Valley National Park, CA

Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.
(Habakkuk 3:17-18)

Coming Attractions

It's Sunday, y'all! And we leave tomorrow. We're headed to northern California - San Francisco, Big Sur, Pt. Reyes, Carmel, Monterey, Bodega Bay, Wine Country, and Yosemite. Needless to say, I'm not going to be here on the blog for a couple of weeks.

But don't quit coming to visit the E-Pistle - Starting today with this one from the Joshua Tree National Park, I've pre-posted some really nice photos of different national parks which I found at the Sierra Club's website here - and combined them with Scripture verses, one for each day until I return here on July 20.

I'm hoping they can be for you focal points for your daily prayerful meditations, and a little bit of visual relief from summer's heat.

Blessings to all!

Today's verse is...

You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. (Psalm 91:5-6)