Praise

In Luke Chapter 19, Jesus says that if we don't praise Him, even the rocks will cry out in praise to Him.  This is my joyful praise to Him for His creation and for His never-ceasing, ever-pursuing love for us.

Freesia!
 

  

Then God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them";

and it was so.

The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind;

and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:11-12

 

Do not call to mind former things,

or ponder things of the past.

Behold, I will do something new,

now it will spring forth;

will you not be aware of it?

I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,

rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 43:18-19

He brought me forth also into a broad place;

He rescued me because He delighted in me.

Psalm 18:19

 

The heavens are telling of the glory of God;

And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.

Psalm 19:1

 

I will sing to the LORD,

because He has dealt bountifully with me.

Psalm 13:6

O God, You have taught me from my youth,

and I still declare Your wondrous deeds.

And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me,

until I declare Your strength to this generation,

Your power to all who are to come.

For Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens,

You who have done great things;

O God, who is like You?

Psalm 71: 17-19

For the LORD God is a sun and shield;

the LORD gives grace and glory;

no good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 84:11

Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth.

Serve the LORD with gladness;

come before Him with joyful singing.

Know that the LORD Himself is God;

it is He who made us, and not we ourselves;

we are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

Enter His gates with thanksgiving

and His courts with praise.

Give thanks to Him, bless His name.

For the LORD is good;

His lovingkindness is everlasting

and his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 100

  

Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;

wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Psalm 51:7

 

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.
I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it,
and I will wait on Your name, for it is good...
Psalm 52:8-9
 

How can I repay the LORD

for all the good He has done for me?

I will take the cup of salvation

and call on the name of Yahweh.

I will fulfill my vows to the LORD

in the presence of all His people.

Psalm 116:12-14

 

 

Photos taken by my iPhone while walking in Ardmore and Scripture taken from various versions of the Bible (italics added).