Coachella Culture — BeautyBeyondBones

I am sharing a post from a young woman who I am following who truly knows how to Take Her Faith With Her…

So if you didn’t know, the music festival, Coachella, was this weekend. I mean. Honestly, if I see another picture of a celebrity wearing a crochet croptop, ripped acid wash jean shorts, and a flower crown while frolicking barefoot in Southern California, I might vom. It’s Coachella. You’re an ironic “millennial flower child.” We get it. OK OK. […]

via Coachella Culture — BeautyBeyondBones

Reflect On Eternity

IMG_20141016_180017781 publish

“He will wipe every tear from their eyes.  There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.  He who was seated on the throne said, ‘I am making everything new!’  Then he said, ‘Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true’.”

Revelation 21:4-5

(This photo was taken in October of 2014 at Kaanapali Beach on the island of Maui)

Our Strength From His Love

IMG_20141015_061309527_HDR publish

“I love you, O Lord, my strength.  The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.  He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.  I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.”

Psalm 18:1-3

(This photo was taken in October of 2014 on the island of Maui)

Spiritual Gifts

Publish IMG957033 (2)

“Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.  If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God.  If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.  To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever.  Amen.”

1 Peter 4:10-11

(This photo was taken in June 2012 in Chicago while on a mission trip)

Renew Confidence

DSC06483 publish

“I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.  Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”

Psalm 27:13-14

(This photo was taken in March of 2013 at the Botanical Gardens at the Bellagio in Las Vegas)

A Prayer of Praise

DSC07571 publish

“Hear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.  Guard my life, for I am devoted to you.  You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you.  Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I call to you all day long.  Bring joy to your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.  You are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call to you.  Hear my prayer, O Lord; listen to my cry for mercy.  In the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me.

Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord; no deeds can compare with yours.  All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, O Lord; they will bring glory to your name.  For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God.  Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.  I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.  For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths of the grave.”

Psalm 86:1-13

(This photo was taken in June of 2013 and is a view from Pike’s Peak in southern Colorado)

Give Praise

DSC06174 publish

“Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.  Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.  Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.  Look to the Lord and his strength;  seek his face always.”

Psalm 105:1-4

(This photo was taken in February of 2013 in a neighborhood in central Minnesota)