The commandments of the LORD are right,

bringing joy to the heart.

The commands of the LORD are clear,

giving insight for living.

Psalm 19:8

(St. Moritz, Switzerland)

Be strong and of good courage;

do not be afraid,

nor be dismayed,

for the Lord your God

is with you wherever you go.

Joshua 1:9

(Majola Pass, Switzerland)

“Unless your faith is firm,

I cannot make you stand firm.”

Isaiah 7:9

(Lake Como, Italy)

“For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures,

where it says,

‘The stone that you builders rejected

has now become the cornerstone.’

There is salvation in no one else!

God has given no other name under heaven

by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:11-12

(Lugano, Switzerland)

Fear God and obey his commands,

for this is everyone’s duty.

God will judge us for everything we do,

including every secret thing,

whether good or bad.

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

Yet God has made everything beautiful

for its own time.

He has planted eternity in the human heart,

but even so,

people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work

from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

Search for the LORD and for his strength;

continually seek him.

Remember the wonders he has performed,

his miracles,

and the rulings he has given.

Psalm 105:4-5

(Lake Lugano, Switzerland)

You make springs pour water into the ravines,

so streams gush down from the mountains.

You send rain on the mountains 

from your heavenly home,

and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor.

O LORD,

what a variety of things you have made!

In wisdom you have made them all.

The earth is full of your creatures.

Psalm 104:10, 13, 24

(St. Moritz, Switzerland)

You placed the world on its foundation

so it would never be moved.

You clothed the earth with floods of water,

water that covered even the mountains.

At your command, 

the water fled;

at the sound of your thunder,

it hurried away.

Mountains rose and valleys sank

to the levels you decreed.

Psalm 104:5-8

(Gruyeres, Switzerland)

Remember your promise to me;

it is my only hope.

Your promise revives me;

it comforts me in all my troubles.

Psalm 119:49-50

(Galveston, TX)