IN THE REDWOODS OF CALIFORNIA
MY HUSBAND AND I MADE
FOUR TRIPS TO SEE
THESE
TREES.
LIGHT SHINES INTO OUR SOULS
AND WHEN WE
VISIT THE REDWOODS
WE ARE REMINDED OF THE GLORY
OF GOD
IN HIS CREATION.
IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH.
AND THE EARTH WAS WITHOUT FORM AND VOID; AND DARKNESS WAS UPON THE FACE OF THE DEEP. AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD MOVED UPON THE FACE OF THE WATERS. AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE LIGHT. AND THERE WAS LIGHT.
GENESIS 1.1 - 3
THIS IS WHAT THE HIGHWAY
WAS LIKE ON OUR WAY HOME
THE LAST TIME WE WENT.
WITHOUT SUNSHINE
TREES
WOULD
NOT BE ABLE TO GROW
LIKE THIS.
JUST THINK !
GOD THOUGHT ABOUT YOU AND ME
BEFORE WE EVER KNEW HIM !
AND HE PREPARED A WORLD WITH
SUNSHINE, AND SHADE,
WATER, SKY, AND MUCH TO GROW
BIRDS TO FLY
AND ANIMALS TO CRAWL AND CREEP.
HOW AMAZING
My husband worked for the U S Forest Service many years. He learned how to plant trees, take care of them, and nurture them, and then trained others to do the same.
I marvel that in God's WISDOM he gave us L I G H T.
JESUS SAID "I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
HE THAT FOLLOWETH ME SHALL NOT WALK
IN DARKNESS, BUT SHALL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE.
John 4.12
AGAIN, HE SAID
SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES; FOR IN THEM YE THINK YE HAVE
ETERNAL LIFE, AND THEY ARE THEY WHICH TESTIFY OF ME.
AND YE WILL NOT COME TO ME, THAT YE MIGHT HAVE LIFE.
John 5.38,39
IN THIS PAINTING THAT MY DAUGHTER DID, THE SUN
IS SHINING FROM THE SKY ONTO A LAKE AND ONTO THE TREES.
REMEMBER THAT GOD HAS
GIVEN US HIS WORD TO LIGHT
THE DARKNESS IN OUR SOULS
WITH HIS LIGHT,
HIS LOVE,
AND HIS DEAR SPIRIT
TO LEAD AND GUIDE US
WHEN
THERE
IS ONLY
DARKNESS
ALL ABOUT US.
AS THE DAFFODILS FINISH BLOOMING
AND APRIL TURNS TO MAY
I GIVE YOU MY ASSURANCE
THAT JUST AS PLANTING THESE BULBS
IN THE FALL
RESULTS IN SPRING BLOSSOMS,
SO TOO
THE SEED OF GOD'S WORD
WILL ALWAYS COME BRINGING
LIGHT AND JOY INTO YOUR HEART
WHEN YOU READ IT
AND LET HIS WORD
SPEAK TO YOU
AS THE DEAR SPIRIT
BREATHES LIFE INTO YOUR
WEARY TIRED SOUL.
LET JESUS COME INTO YOUR HEART,
LET JESUS COME INTO YOUR HEART,
LET HIM IN TODAY
TRUST HIM - AND SAY -
COME INTO MY HEART,
LORD JESUS.
PSALM 119.105
THY WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET,
AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.
2 COR. 4.6
FOR GOD WHO COMMANDED THE LIGHT TO SHINE
OUT OF DARKNESS, HATH SHINED IN OUR HEARTS
TO GIVE THE LIGHT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF
THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE
OF JESUS CHRIST.
LORD, GIVE ME LIGHT
SHOW ME THE WAY
TO WALK
EACH DAY
MY LIFE I GIVE
EACH DAY TO LIVE
FOR THEE ALONE
THY LIGHT
MY PATH TO TAKE
ONE STEP
EACH STEP
ONE DAY
EACH DAY
AS GOD GIVES
LIGHT
I WILL WALK
CERTAIN
SURE
UPON
THE PATH
I
AM TO GO.
JESUS SAID
LUKE 9.23
IF ANY MAN WILL COME AFTER ME,
LET HIM DENY HIMSELF,
AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY,
AND FOLLOW ME.
JUST AS WE WALK IN THE REDWOODS
WE WALK HERE ON THIS EARTH
OUR PATH MAY LEAD US
FAR AND WIDE,
BUT WITH JESUS
I AM WALKING IN THE LIGHT.
I JOHN 1.7
IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT
AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT
WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP ONE WITH ANOTHER
AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST
HIS SON CLEANSETH US FROM ALL SIN.
I JOHN 2.1,2
BEHOLD WHAT MANNER OF LOVE
THE FATHER HAS BESTOWED UPON US, THAT WE SHOULD
BE CALLED THE SONS OF GOD; THEREFORE THE WORLD
KNOWETH US NOT, BECAUSE IT KNEW HIM NOT.
BELOVED, NOW ARE WE THE SONS OF GOD,
AND IT DOTH NOT APPEAR WHAT WE SHALL BE;
BUT WE KNOW THAT,
WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR,
WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM,
FOR WE SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS.
