*** LORD HAD PREPARED A GREAT FISH *** “Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.” (Jonah 1:17 KJV) Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) Yes Pelican Made It Out ©Flickr Teddy Llovet * More Daily Devotionals *
Lee’s Five Word Friday – 6/17/15
*** GIVE HIM WATER TO DRINK *** “If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:” (Proverbs 25:21 KJV) Costa’s Hummingbird in Arizona by Lee * More Daily Devotionals *
Lee’s Four Word Thursday – 6/16/16
*** CRIED UNTO THE LORD *** “Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.” (Psalms 107:6 KJV) Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) by Ray Barlow * More Daily Devotionals *
Calliope Hummingbirds – North America’s Smallest
“He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.” (Psalms 115:13 KJV) Just finished reading an article in this month’s Bird Watcher’s Digest the “Calliope Hummingbird: Tiny Muse”, (July/August ’16). They are so tiny, “a mere 2.75 to 3 inches in lenght and weighing less than a penny — and it is also the … Continue reading
Lee’s Three Word Wednesday – 6/15/15
*** AND BROUGHT IT *** “And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.” (1st Samuel 5:1) Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) by J Fenton * More Daily Devotionals *
“Young Blood” by Creation Moments
YOUNG BLOOD by Creation Moments “His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.” (Job 41:24) As dinosaur bones containing blood vessels and blood cells are continually being found, more and more laboratories are assigning dates to these bones in the thousands, not millions, of years. … Continue reading
Lee’s Two Word Tuesday – 6/14/15
*** HIDE ME *** “Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.” (Psalms 143:9 KJV) Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) ©WikiC * More Daily Devotionals *
Ian’s Bird of the Week – European Bee-eater
Ian’s Bird of the Week – European Bee-eater by Ian Montgomery Newsletter – 6/11/16 I met my sister Gilian in Vienna where we spent a couple of days before going by boat along the Danube to Bratislava, just across the border with Slovakia. We arranged to spend three days with birding guides with my targets … Continue reading
Lee’s One Word Monday – 6/13/16
*** WINK *** “Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.” (Psalm 35:19) Owl Winking ©Flickr Darren D * More Daily Devotionals *
Lee’s Seven Word Sunday – 6/12/16
*** THY WONDERFUL WORKS WHICH THOU HAST DONE *** “Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.” (Psalms 40:5 KJV) Toucan … Continue reading
Sunday Inspiration – Emberizidae Family Allies II
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; (Colossians 1:10 KJV) We finally come to the last birds in the Emberizidae – Buntings, New World Sparrows & Allies Family. This is the first family that we split up into four … Continue reading
Balancing High Risks: Mountain Climbing and the First Amendment
Balancing High Risks: Mountain Climbing and the First Amendment By James J. S. Johnson When an American astronaut reverently quotes from Psalm 24, and is promptly faulted by a critic—for “violating” the so-called “separation of church and state”(1)—it is time to learn a lesson about balance, from the agility of mountain goats, adroitly ambulating alpine ascents … Continue reading