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Bergen, John, and Eloise Bergen. Forgiveness in the Face of Terror. Century Archive, 2009.

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV

Happy New Year! I can hardly believe we’re changing our calendars for the start of 2025. The years roll by faster each time and I choose to remember that the remaining years ahead are not up to me, but are in His capable, trustworthy hands.

And He changes the times and the seasons;
He removes kings and raises up kings;
He gives wisdom to the wise
And knowledge to those who have understanding.

Daniel 2:21 NKJV

To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born,
And a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what is planted;

Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 NKJV

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 NKJV

You have set all the borders of the earth;
You have made summer and winter.

Psalm 74:17 NKJV

‘Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.

Jeremiah 32:17 NKJV

There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every matter under heaven—He has made everything appropriate in its time.

Ecclesiastes 3:1,11 NASB

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.

Isaiah 40:8 NIV

Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?

Matthew 6:26 NLT

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

Psalm 28:7 NIV

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Psalm 107:1 NIV

I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.

Psalm 34:1 NIV

We were given the opportunity to borrow a friends’ canoe to take out on the Pembina River. The day we choose to head out was warm but windy and it took us an hour and a half to travel up river, a short distance that is just a 10 minute walk. After a short break we then turned back and made the same distance in just 20 minutes.

I took these photos on a very cold day in November. It was miserable weather for having your picture taken because all we wanted to do was bundle up and go back indoors. By the time we were done we had red noses and frozen fingers.

In my haste, I lament that I didn’t take the time to make sure the shots were turning out. Many pictures had a good idea going but I didn’t execute the way I should have. I think I really didn’t have a good idea of what I needed to get either, which led to many random shots that weren’t kept. I guess that’s part of learning from you mistakes.

In the end I did end up with some keepers. Here are a few…

This is my most favorite time of year, when the fall colors are at their peak. Unfortunately it never seems to last long enough. These pictures were taken at Fitzgerald Park on the Grand River.

I need to take more pictures by the water like this, the reflection in the water makes it just that much more breathtaking.

“Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10

We were walking through the woods when my fast pace, full of energy son stopped for just a moment to look around and listen.

Just me… blowing in the wind.