“Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.” (Hebrews 13:17 KJV)
Momma Mallard and 2 Babies at Lake Morton by Lee
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“Now those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.” (Acts 17:15 NASB)
Mute Swan and Escorts
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“Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors. (Genesis 37:3)
Green Jay (cyanocorax luxuosus) by DavesBP
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“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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