…he knows how weak we are;
he remembers we are only dust.
Our days on earth are like grass;
like wildflowers, we bloom and die.
The wind blows, and we are gone—
as though we had never been here.
But the love of the LORD remains forever
with those who fear him.
Psalm 103:14-17
(wildflower along the path at Caesarea Maritima, Israel)
…his unfailing love toward those who fear him
is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
He has removed our sins as far from us
as the east is from the west.
Psalm 103:11-12
(Rose of Sharon, Caesarea Maritima, Israel)
Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth
and made the heavens with your hands.
They will perish, but you remain forever;
they will wear out like old clothing.
You will change them like a garment
and discard them.
But you are always the same;
you will live forever.
Psalm 102:25-27
(Mt. Arbel, on the Galilee, Israel)
…your people love every stone in her walls
and cherish even the dust in her streets.
Then the nations will tremble before the LORD.
The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.
For the LORD will rebuild Jerusalem.
He will appear in his glory.
Psalm 102: 15-17
(Western Wall excavated tunnel—Temple Mount retaining wall—ashlar stones)
Acknowledge that the LORD is God!
He made us, and we are his.
We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving;
go into his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him and praise his name.
Psalm 100:3-4
(Nazareth Village, Nazareth, Israel)
Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice!
Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!
Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy!
Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise before the LORD,
for he is coming!…
Psalm 96:11-13
Come, let us worship and bow down.
Let us kneel before the LORD our maker,
for he is our God…
Psalm 95:6-7
Your throne, O LORD, has stood from time immemorial.
You yourself are from the everlasting past.
Psalm 93:2
(Great Lakes area)
The LORD says, “I will rescue those who love me.
I will protect those who trust in my name.
When they call on me, I will answer;
I will be with them in trouble.
I will rescue and honor them.
Psalm 91:14-15
Mount of Olives as seen from the Church of St Peter in Gallicantu on the eastern slope of Mount Zion. On the church’s roof rises a golden rooster atop a black cross — recalling Christ’s prophesy that Peter would deny him three times “before the cock crows”. (Galli-cantu means cockcrow in Latin)
Oh LORD God of Heaven’s Armies!
Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O LORD?
You are entirely faithful.
The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours;
everything in the world is yours—you created it all.
You created north and south.
Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.
Psalm 89: 8,11-12
(Mount Tabor as seen from the Mount of Precipice. Located in the lower Galilee at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley. Believed to have been the site of the Transfiguration of Jesus.)