“It was not nails that held Jesus to that wretched cross; it was his unqualified resolution, out of love for his Father, to do his Father’s will—and it was his love for sinners like me.” -New Testament scholar D.A. Carson
“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins”. -1 John 4:10
“Even now that it seems we have found our way through the worst of those awful days… I know… that God is always at work somehow,” observes a reflection in a Fortress Press Blog article
(Photographed on Thursday, March 26, 2026)
“Waterfalls wouldn’t sound so melodious if there were no rocks in their way.” — Unknown
“There is nothing in all the universe which does not in some way vibrate within the heart of God.” — George MacDonald
“When all else fails, look up to a tree. It will restore life’s wonder and possibility.”  -Angie Weiland-Crosby
This rock floated to Oregon on an iceberg from Montana during the last ice age. It is called “Erratic Rock.”
“From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen?” Job 38:29-30 NIV
“Savor every day as a gift from God.” -Our Daily Bread
““How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”” Isaiah 52:7 NIV
“We need winds and tempests to exercise our faith, to tear off the rotten bough of self-dependence, and to root us more firmly in Christ.” -Charles H. Spurgeon