“Falling leaves are proof that beauty lives in change.” — Unknown
“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” -William James
“[Blessed is] that person [who] is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.” -Psalms 1:3 NIV
“In the deepest forest, there is light for nothing but mosses and ferns,” -An unnamed author.
“Each fresh peak ascended teaches something.” – Sir Martin Conway
“A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.” -Matshona Dhliwayo
“The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust.” -Psalm 18:2
“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filledto the measure of all the fullness of God.” -Ephesians 3:17b-19 NIV
“Even in the wilderness, God is there.” -Nick Cash, 11/19/2024, “God with us in the Desert”
-Photo credit to Rachel Andrews, taken at Alvord Desert, Oregon, 8/23/2025
“Let your life be a reflection that points others back to God.” -BibleGodQuotes.com