Glory

Isn't this a great photo and great verse? I can't take credit as I didn't put this together, but I know who did. A wonderful blogger named Amy Deanne. She has an amazing eye in putting together photos/graphics with fonts and verses and comes up with wonderful stuff like above.

I just love the sunset with the orange colors and how she mimics the orange of the sunset with the font. Hope you enjoy this pic as much as I have.

WFW Jeremiah 33:3

It's Wednesday! And that can only mean another round of WFW. I'm so glad I'm back and making WFW a part of my life again.



Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things you do not know.

I just love it when the Lord beckons us to Him, calls us into fellowship. I can just see Him with this little finger crooked and calling us closer, like a fav grandfather who has a secret He wants to share with his grandchild.

Go check out all the other wonderful photos and verses at Christy's place. You'll be blessed.

Revisiting WFW .... At Last!

I haven't participated in Word Filled Wednesday in months, and I've been missing it alot! The last few weeks as my routine has settled down into a nice, fall groove, I have kept telling myself, I need to get a WFW post ready, but each week Wednesday would sneak up on me and I would find myself looking at others WFW posts without having one on my blog. But this week all that changed!



Gal 2:10 "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."

Lori over at All You Have to Give is hosting WFW this week. So go check out her blog which has all the participants listed, including me =) But you already knew that!

And enjoy! God's word is so good. Refreshing, encouraging, and even convicting.

Til next time ....

There Is Still Time ...

It's Wednesday and you know what that means, my treasured readers. I missed last Wednesday, so I am doubly excited to share a WFW post with you.

Isaiah 55:6 says "Seek the Lord while you can find Him; Call on Him now while He is near."

Isn't that wonderful? The Lord is still available to anyone who will seek Him. He is near, He can be found. And on the flip side, it is a caution to all that there will come a day when He won't be near, He won't be found. This IS a limited time offer. So don't delay ... Seek Him today!

And head over to AmyDeanne's place at 160 Acre Woods and enjoy more Word Filled Wednesday.

Psalms 5 for Word Filled Wednesday

If you're a frequent reader of Challenges and Adventures, you know I have a love affair going with WFW. So today here is another of my creations. This little kitty showed up at our house last year. We saw her off and on for a few days and then nothing. It was kind of fun to have her around, even for a short time.



I love this verse. It is an encouragement to me to be more intentional in my prayer life. And I love how it says that the psalmist waits expectantly for an answer. I want to be like that too.

Amy Deanne hosts WFW each Wednesday. If you like what I do here, go visit Amy Deanne to find more bloggers who participate in WFW.

Word Filled Wednesday

today is wednesday and you know what that means! its time for another word filled wed pic and verse. i just love wed, don't you?




todays verse is from colossians--one of my fav books of the bible. "Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart" Col 4:2. isn't that great? i think it sums it up nicely. have a thankful heart as you pray, that'll keep the grumbling and complaining at bay, and also have an alert mind--be mindful of what you pray for, be conscious of what's going on around in the world and in your life and others so we can pray for them as well.

i know i want to be more purposeful in my prayerlife. starting today.

if you like photos and scripture, head on over to amy deanne's place, the 160 acre woods and check out all the other bloggers who are sharing a photo and a scripture today. you'll be blessed.

WFW Ps93

The Lord reigns!

isn't that a wonderful, reassuring statement? the verse goes on to say that the Lord is clothed with majesty and strength. what a beautiful image. i can't wait to see the Lord in all His glory. i know i will be hitting the deck face first, bowing down to worship Him. the verse ends with telling us that His throne has been established from of old, and He is from everlasting! what a solid foundation, what a secure empire, what an established kingdom He has invited us to share in.

i hope you are blessed this wed. amy deanne hosts our wfw over at 160 acre woods
and i'm having a lovely time with my mum this week.

yippee its wed!

hello bloggy friends,
today is wed---yippee! that means its time for word filled wed where i share a scripture and a photo. i love doing this every week, and i love sharing what i create with you. todays verse is from matt 7:7 "Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you. For every one who asks receives and he who seeks finds and to him who knocks it shall be opened."



i love this promise that the Lord gives us. our part is to pray: to seek, ask and knock, and He delivers. i am feeling the need to expand my prayer life and this is a good reminder that my prayers don't fall on deaf ears. what am i not recieving becuz i'm not asking? peace? self control? joy? love? for we know that if we ask according to His will, He will give it to us. (i'm not talking about selfish desires here that He may not want for my life).

thanks to amydeanne over at 160 acre woods for hosting our WFW every wed.

WFW another rerun ...

Ps 39:7 and so Lord, where do i put my hope? my only hope is in you.

i love this verse, in fact i love any verse that talks about putting my trust and hope in the Lord. it makes me feel so secure, cuz He is worthy of my hope and trust. and He alone is the only one who can DO anything about my situation that i'm hoping will change.

sorry this is a rerun verse and pic, but i'm lame. i was so tired when i was sitting down to do a new one that i chucked that idea and went to bed instead. so enjoy this one instead.

Word Filled Wednesday

Word Filled Wednesday is here again. thanks to amydeanne who hosts this wonderful event every week. but today i was not prepared with a new pic and verse so i'm bringing you one from my archives. an oldie, but goodie. enjoy!

Word Filled Wed (last wed of 08)

here we are: at the last day of 08 and the last wed of 08. that means its time for our word filled wednesday pic. i love finding just the right picture and verse that go together to share with you. its fun to play around with my paint shop pro 8, yet each time i do it reminds me of what i don't know how to do very much at all and how much i want to learn. (how's that for a run on sentence?)

today the verse is from isaiah. one of my favorite books of the Bible, and a verse that evokes H.O.P.E to me.

Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new. Is 43:18-19

i love the pic of the rainbow i took a couple summers ago too. not only becuz it brings back fond memories of camping with my family, but becuz of what the rainbow represents. an everlasting covenant between God and man, that God will never again destroy the earth with a flood. rainbows are a reminder that the storm is not unending, that a new day will come. that the rains will not last forever.

thanks to amydeanne over at 160 acre woods for hosting this event every week. i could do this til the end of my days ... want more? hop on over to her blog and check out the rest of this weeks blogs.

WFW Colossians 3:17

it's Wednesday! if you read my blog then you know that means its Word Filled Wed where a group of bloggers present scripture and photos for your viewing pleasure and hopefully spiritual encouragement.



colossians is one of my fav books of the Bible. and i love how this verse encourages me to not only do whatever i do unto the Lord, but also to give thanks.

WFW is brought to you by amydeanne over at 160acres woods

Psalms 143 WFW

i missed last week cuz we were traveling to be with family for Thanksgiving. but this week i'm home again and delighted to be participating with a whole bunch of Christ loving bloggers. if you're interested in seeing other or participating yourself, head on over to 160 acre woods



i love this photo as its one of the first spots that we found when we moved here to boise this summer. its a little north of us on a country highway, tucked away so if you're not looking for it you can miss it easily. we spent a couple different wonderful afternoons just lazing around while our son splashed happily in the river. being next to the river, with the trees and the water, it just makes me think of God's goodness.

and the verse reminds me to keep the Lord forefront on my mind. to be teachable, to look for His will and to remember that i have made Him my Lord, my Leader, my God and King. and i am His---His child, His daughter, His bond servant.

Word Filled Wednesday

The grass withers, the flowers fades, but the Word of our God stands forever. Isaiah 40:8

i love flowers, but they fade so fast. i have pics of tulips, lilacs and other flowers from my yard last spring and summer, but even now in the Fall, they are but a memory until next year. But God proclaims that His word is not like that. It doesn't fade with the seasons, it doesn't wither when the weather changes. God's Word is a firm foundation, and a sure thing. It will last forever which amazes me. i may not understand how that can be, but i can hang onto that promise. so when i open the Word of God i know i'm reading something that is firm, sure and everlasting!

go visit the other ladies who are participating today in word filled wed over at 160 acres. as martha would say: "It's a Good Thing!"

Word Filled Wednesday

Jer 17:7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose trust is the Lord."

a previous pastor of ours spoke on this passage a few years ago and this verse always stuck with me. the way it says trusts IN The Lord and then says trust IS The Lord made me pause and consider. at first, they look the same. just a slight change in verbage ... but no, as i look closer at the verse i see a bit more. to trust in the Lord is great. its an outer kind of action. its like i'm trusting in what He will do. i'm trusting IN the Lord. but then when my trust IS the Lord that makes it more intimate, deeper. when my trust is the Lord i'm putting all my eggs in that basket, i'm putting all my trust in Him, not just what He can and will do, but who He is. His character, His faithfulness, His very essence. i love that. i love both, and i need to remember to do both.

Word Filled Wednesday

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will guide thee with mine eye. Ps 32:8

i love this verse and how it gives us hope. hope that the Lord is guiding us, seeing whats up ahead, keeping us from stumbling around in the dark. when we get to know who the Lord is: light, faithfulness, sovereign, omniscent, omnipresent, omnipotent we have a new understanding of how much hope we have in Him. i have felt His guidence in my life and i'm in awe of His faithfulness to me.

this is my first WFW post so i'd love to have you leave a comment. if you want to join in the fun head on over to 160 acre woods. and have a blessed day!