“We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,” (2 Thessalonians 1:3 NKJV)
Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) ©WikiC
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“Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;” (1 Corinthians 13:4 NKJV)
Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) Male©WikiC
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“Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.” (Psalms 32:7 KJV)
Smith’s Longspur (Calcarius pictus) ©WikiC
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“Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?” (Isaiah 45:9 KJV)
Birds building mud nest on window sill ©©
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“How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?” (Job 4:19 KJV)
Birds building mud nest on window sill ©©
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“Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.” (Job 33:6 KJV)
Crested Hornero (Furnarius cristatus) ©©Flickr KarinaDiarte
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“And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.” (Leviticus 23:40)
Puerto Rican Tanager (Nesospingus speculiferus) by Daves BirdingPix
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“Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.” (Leviticus 23:3)
Dunlin Congregation at Tidewaters
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“He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.” (Psalms 78:15 KJV)
Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) ©Flickr Gregory Slobirdr Smith
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“Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.” (Psalms 17:5 KJV)
African Finfoot with puffy feet ©WikiC
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“It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from evening unto evening, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.” (Leviticus 23:32)
Geese Getting A Shower ©Pinterest
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“And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.” (Leviticus 23:22)
Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) ©WikiC
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