…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

(Þingvellir Drekkingarhylur, Iceland)

The servants who are ready and waiting for his return 

will be rewarded.

I tell you the truth, he himself will seat them,

put on an apron, and serve them as they sit and eat!

He may come in the middle of the night

or just before dawn.

But whenever he comes, 

he will reward the servants who are ready.

Luke 12:37-38

(Þingvellir Drekkingarhylur drowning pool, Iceland)

Beware! Guard against every kind of greed.

Life is not measured by how much you own. 

Luke 12:15

…I ponder all your great works

and think about what you have done.

I lift my hands to you in prayer.

I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain.

Psalm 143:5-6

Dyrhólaey peninsula, Iceland

Give thanks to him who made the heavenly lights—

His faithful love endures forever.

Psalm 136:7

Dyrhólaey peninsula, Iceland

Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy,

for we have had our fill of contempt.

We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud

and the contempt of the arrogant.

Psalm 123:3-4

The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go,

both now and forever.

Psalm 121:8

Help me understand the meaning of your commandments,

and I will meditate on your wonderful deeds. 

Psalm 119:27

Open my eyes to see

the wonderful truths in your instructions.

I am only a foreigner in the land…

Psalm 119:18-19